Like obviously they were forced to show up but how did they get them to actually, like, make their plea and play along being examined rather than simply stonewalling?
Like obviously they were forced to show up but how did they get them to actually, like, make their plea and play along being examined rather than simply stonewalling?
Nazis mostly got away without prosecution. A bunch were also simply assimilated into “Ally” governments / militaries / universities. They weren’t usually doomed. It is why they are back.
“Operation Paperclip” for the Americans, although all the victorious countries grabbed as many Japanese and German scientists as they could.
I mean specifically the actual captured leaders put on trial at Nuremberg
They are always allowed to mount a defense in these international tribunals. Usually their big move is to try and make a mockery of the process and turn it into a circus.
This is also the era when “I was just following orders” and “the banality of evil” entered the lexicon, if you can guess why