Were the 1st war criminals to be held accountable for their crimes. Count them on. Getting rid of a pair. For a sure. Our 2 part series the 3rd reich. Starts nov 12th on t. W. Spoke. Germany in 1945 hitler was dead his nazi regime had taken the lives of 6000000 jews. The countrys leading representatives were to be held accountable for their actions by an International Military tribunal for the 1st time in world history. 24 high ranking nazis were charged and made to stand trial in the german city of moore and back to school with. That plasticine who stands i dont think you can consider the holocaust in terms of classical justice at all. Thats in the end theres no forgiving what happened on. This case saying this. But at least the perpetrators could be tried in court how do the victims and the children of the war criminals view the nuremberg trials 75 years on. My nominees my name is paid to johan god those who in 1944 we were all deported to auschwitz my entire family was murdered there. Goes wrong im Nicholas Funk the son of hans fung hitlers deputy in occupied poland he was the governor general and politically responsible for every murder committed there between 19391945. He she can not my name is not to listen to my maiden name is toma my my father was the assigned defense counsel for the holes in baghdad. Hitlers chief idealogue of good holes in baghdad and the 1st deputy in poland hans funk were among the leading nazis who were in the dock in nuremberg on nov 20th 1945 many other high ranking nazis had gone into hiding or like hitler and his propaganda minister use of google those had committed suicide the trials were held in iran back of all places the city where the nazi party had staged its rallies where the fascists had flexed their muscles. Now for the 1st time in history a states rulers were to be held personally responsible for their crimes by an International Tribunal the for war time allied powers the us the soviet Union Britain and france had agreed to this even before the hostilities ceased in what might be called an irony of history nuremberg the palace of justice was left virtually undamaged by the war room 600 the largest in the criminal court was remodeled to accommodate the trial of the century. I fled to a retired judge was asked by the americans to defend holes in bag there were too few lawyers who hadnt been compromised during the nazi era. Could not a loon who was 17 at the time later a company and her father to the trial on several occasions. A mind found my father was picked up by a jeep it was the cia. And i need to come to a few hours later he returned and said. Ive been called on to be the Court Appointed defense counsel for 2 accused who still dont have any defense lawyers enough kind. Wont mind. My father was very distressed and said i had no other choice i had to except. For Nicholas Funk the trials marked the abrupt end of a carefree childhood his father hans frank hitlers deputy and occupied poland was one of the major war criminals he was called the butcher of poland a fact that didnt escape nicholas who was just 6 at the time of the trial. After school someone taunted me minister minister gas canister because i was the son of a rice minister that wasnt so bad another said hey mickey thats what they called me your dads going to hang soon all i said was yes. More than 600. 00 journalists from around the world followed the nuremberg trials. Do new or do you mushy all you could hear was the translators machines. And. If a need for me it was a tense oppressive atmosphere. Reach. That was also charged with shame. Most fear the response to the major war criminals were indicted on the following charges conspiring to commit crimes against peace planning initiating and waging a war of aggression participating in war crimes and crimes against humanity. Because i mentioned that articulated. All of the accused pleaded not guilty. God was just 14 years old when he was sent to auschwitz in 1944 along with his mother and his little sister both of them were killed in the gas chambers god survived. For 4 with girls were going to talk to so i followed the proceedings and was gratified to see that at least the main war criminals were put in the dock by the allies. And that in the end they got the punishment they deserved. During the trial testimony from witnesses and documents show that the jewish victims had been murdered systematically. All these corpses died of suffocation. But the major war criminals denied responsibility for the killings. The accused didnt exactly cover themselves in glory at the nuremberg trials they denied responsibility and blamed everything on their superiors they were just following orders they pinned it all on their dead leader hitler. So they tried to deny everything. And then in the trial they were shown films of the concentration camps with the mountains of corpses. Even killing was stunned you could see that. But no one is a. Doctor to houma for the defendant rosenberg. For alfred toma an avowed opponent of the nazi regime who now had to defend a nazi war criminal the proceedings were grueling on him and to dust behind. If i was a real shock for everyone involved basically all of the lawyers. Because theyd never suspected the dimension of the crimes. But ition. Nish. They didnt know the extent of the atrocities committed at auschwitz birkenau she stood tall back and both. My father certainly didnt and it was conducted with the so many germans only learned the full extent of the nazis crimes during the trial including those committed by Nicholas Franks father. So i have the feeling that he was rightfully charged them for these because i saw photos of the corpses of the concentration camps including the bodies of children who were my age at the time and that shocked me because it only said underneath them poland i thought poland belong to us the funk family my oldest brother norman saw the photos and he went to our mother and said mom if the photos are real dad doesnt stand a chance of you can you show us. On october 1st 1946 the verdicts were announced of the accused 3 were acquitted 3 received lifetime sentences and 4 were given prison sentences. 12 were sentenced to death the executions took place not long afterwards in the trial courts former jim. You know i saw it at the cinema they showed that theyre not how they were hanging about them wanting in their coffins with the white and black stripe robe around their necks i thought they all deserved to wear those neckties is it kind of a good. 12 more trials took place at the u. S. Military tribunal in norm back. Of the 185. 00 additional defendants 24. 00 were initially sentenced to death. We need to i dont think that we germans back then or even later on condemned those criminals. The allies did it for us. It need just v d she applies i dont know how those trials would have gone in a german court. After the last of the american led trials few attempts were made to capture and prosecute other nazi war criminals the world was preoccupied by the cold war and germans once again had the say in their own courtrooms so many former nazis remained in positions of authority in the young federal republic of germany. Many of the others who had blood on their hands were never caught. After being let in the direction of democracy by the allies the victors who freed us it would really have been good to clean house and charge everyone. But naturally people didnt want that especially those guilty of crimes. When. They used their connections to prevent that and then the Supreme Court exonerated all of the judges. Teach ya the Justice System never really cleaned house. The old judges and Department Heads were back again too. And sitting on the Constitutional Court and caused some skittish still the nuremberg trials were a historic milestone. And they later pave the way for the creation of the International Criminal court in the hague. Was i and she give us poor g. People involved here only positive thing to come out of my fathers criminal life was that due to him those 4 indictments were invented or found to put people like him on trial. For who wish to to. Nicholas fog always carries a photo of his father who was sentenced to death and hanged whenever he feels just the tiniest sense of pity for his father he thinks about the images of auschwitz and that restores his belief that justice was served at the norm bad trials. These works of art using stamps. Captured by frederico. An artist with extraordinary technique. Creates a perfect combination of. Time. Sleep. Carefully. Dont know who is soon going. To do again. Discover who. Subscribe to the documentary. Film. Its the most valuable spice in the world set for us and its also cool to make it in europe in a small Mountain Village the set from blossoms right in heights of the elves. Hello welcome to your own max who would have thought seth from from switzer