The Counts
The Allies outlined four counts on which to try the defendants, covering a wide range of Nazi injustices.
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Crimes Against Peace
War Crimes |
"It is our intention that just and sure punishment shall be meted out to the ringleaders responsible for the organized murder of thousands of innocent persons and the commission of atrocities which have violated every tenet of the Christian faith." - Statement by US President, October 7, 1942 |
Crimes Against Humanity
"...the reason these people were killed was because they didn’t share the race or the ideology of their executioners. ...So I simply asked for a new rule of law, which would protect humankind against that type of criminal abuse."
- Ben Ferencz, American prosecutor |