NUREMBERG TRIALS 

A1.When and why were they held?

They held for the purpose of bringing Nazi war criminals to justice, the Nuremberg trials were a series of 13 trials carried out in Nuremberg and Germany between 1945-1949

A2.Where did the judges come from?

The judges come from USA, USSR, France and Great Britain

A3.What crimes were they defendants tried for?

They were defendants the crimes that threatened humanity

A4.Why were many of the most senior Nazis never tried?

Many of the most senior Nazis were never tried because they fled abroad.

                                  SIMON WIESENTHAL

A5.What happened to Simon Wiesenthal during WWII?

He born in Buczacz (December 1908). Simon became an architect who was imprisoned in five different Nazi concentration camps during de WWII. He devoted his life post-war to Holocaust memory and education founded the Jewish Documentation Center in Viena. He also worked on investigations into locating Nazi ciminals for prosecution.

A6.What did he do after the war?

After the war, Simon Wiesenthal gathered information on fugitive Nazi war criminals because he wanted them to be tried.