impact
Short Term Impact
The end of the Military Tribunal was in no way the end of the Nuremberg trials. Although the world largely lost interest after the war criminals were hanged, 11 more trials took place afterwards; the Nuremberg trials finally ended in 1948. Among these trials were the Doctors' Trial (December 1946 - August 1947), the Judges' Trial (March - December 1947) and the Einsatzgruppen Trial (September 1947 - April 1948). Overall, 142 defendants were found guilty, with 24 of them receiving the death sentence.
Many people, both of Ally and Axis countries, denoted the trials as fraudulent. Admittedly, creating a case for this isn't too hard. One of the more obvious points would be that only Nazi leaders were tried for war crimes. Although in a separate case concerning Japanese atrocities several Japanese leaders were tried, Italian leaders, as well as almost all Allied leaders were not tried; the Allies also have their share of war crimes, especially concerning the destruction of civilians and their lifestyle. In addition, the Charter of the International Military Tribunal had created after many of the war crimes have been committed. Although many defense lawyers argued this, this was overruled.
lONG tERM iMPACT
Before the Second World War, the sentencing of war criminals was not an international business. However, the world had yet to see such a systematic and large of a scale as the Holocaust and other Axis atrocities. Thus, the International Military Tribunal was created for the sole purpose of judging the Axis leaders. The IMT was a step towards the creation and integration of an international court to try defendants. Despite how the Cold War largely stopped international affairs between communist and capitalist countries, the end of that saw the revival of the international courts.
This was also the first time real-time simultaneous translation of four languages was used; the languages were English, French, Russian and German. This was an achievement by the 1940s standards, which would pave the way for other uses of simultaneous translation. This would also explain the headphones the defendants and other court members were wearing in the pictures.
This was also the first time real-time simultaneous translation of four languages was used; the languages were English, French, Russian and German. This was an achievement by the 1940s standards, which would pave the way for other uses of simultaneous translation. This would also explain the headphones the defendants and other court members were wearing in the pictures.