Reich Air Marshal Hermann Goering poses in front of the flag of the 36th Division at a castle near Kitzbuehel, Austria. Goering was captured after being held prisoner by the SS at Berchtesgaden. Hitler issued orders for his execution. The Nuremberg Trials was a series of trials of major nazi military and political leaders. The trials took place from 1945 to 1949. The first was the International Military Tribunal which tried the big names like Göring, Ribbentrop, Keitel, etc. There were a subsequent 12 trials of groups of men including doctors, the Einsatzgruppen and military high command.

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