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Thursday, November 20, 2008

Nuremberg war crimes trials began

On November 20, 1945, the war crimes trials of Nazi World War II leaders began in the German city of Nuremberg.



Review the Nuremberg Tribunal's Charter and the verdicts and sentences handed down on major war figures.



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