The Ongoing Trial
Men are being guarded by soldiers as they are tried for their war crimes.
Spandau Prison
This is a picture of the Spandau Prison in Berlin, where the Nazi criminals were held for their crimes. Some had lifetime imprisonment and others had lesser sentences. The only Nazi criminals that weren't held in this prison had either been hung, acquitted, or they had committed suicide before they received their sentence.
Saturday 19 March 2011
Friday 4 March 2011
Nuremberg Trials
The events that occurred during the Nuremberg Trials hold a great lesson and warning for us and for the generations to come. Through them, justice was given to those who had committed horrific and devastating crimes during the war and before it.
In these events we can learn that those who have committed crimes against a race of people, or crimes that change people’s lives drastically, will always get caught and be judged justly.
During the Nuremberg Trials, which were held from 1945 to 1946, 177 NAZI criminals or perpetrators were punished for the crimes they committed before the war and during the war; more specifically, during the holocaust.
The Allies reached the decision to punish these people because when more and more concentration camps were overtaken, they saw just how horrible the NAZI crimes were. The charges laid against these members of the NAZI party in Germany were for murder, immoral actions, and other various war crimes. The punishments were: hanging and lengthy prison sentences in the Spandau Prison near Berlin. Out of 177 accused criminals, only 3 were let go. Many criminals who had been already charged and sentenced later committed suicide in their cells as well. Together with these, 22 of the 177 war criminals were the most important captured leaders of NAZI Germany. However, Adolf Hitler, Heinrich Himmler, and Joseph Goebbels had all committed suicide even before the Nuremberg Trials were held.
Through these trials and sentences, we can see how justice is always served to those who have committed terrible crimes. Although at the time it may seen that they will win, they won’t because there will come a day when they will have to answer for what they have done, whether it be here on earth with the justice system, or on the Day when the Lord comes back.
As Christians, we can be sure never to worry about when these people will receive justice because it says in the Bible, “Revenge is mine, and I will repay.”
Although these lessons go for those who have committed serious crimes, during war or anytime else, we can also learn a lesson from this. We should never think we will go unpunished for the wrong things we have done, because even the things we do in secret will be seen by God and we too will have to answer to them. Although it may seem that Hitler, and several other members of the NAZI party did not receive justice because they committed suicide, they will receive it in due time when the Lord comes back.
These trials also teach us that when it is time to bring justice to those who have committed crimes to cause a war, or crimes that were committed during a war, we should not use the same methods they used to bring about the justice we think is right, and we shouldn’t just kill them mercilessly without a trial and in a bloodthirsty way. Rather, the justice we bring should be in a court of law, and it should be in accordance to what the justice system had earlier stated as the punishment for certain crimes. We should not do justice as we see fit but in a civilized and justly way.
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