Reconciliation after WWII (P. Grzebyk) Flashcards
IMT was created between…
USA, UK and USSR in London.
Over what did the IMT had jurisdiction? (3)
crime against peace, crime against humanity and war crimes
The problem with the Nuremberg tribunals?
they only had 4 judges and 4 prosecutors (UK, USA, France and USSR). It was not fair, was only victor’s judgement, ignoring the war crimes of the Allies and only prosecuting Germans. Also, they did not include other affected countries such as Poland, Belgium, Czechoslovakia…
The Jews criticised Nuremberg trials because…
they did not condemn Holocaust as a crime.
In all these trials, they did not want to expose USSR position.
These tribunals were imposed by MacArthur and the Japanese accepted it but only with one condition:
, to not prosecute the Emperor Hirohito and forgive all the crimes committed by him.
Problem with the Japanese trails:
war criminals were lightly condemned and most of them were released in the early 50’s and some of them later on occupied political positions, democratically elected by Japanese population, which saw them as victims of the Tokyo trial and not war criminals.
TRUE OR FALSE: Although crimes committed in the Warsaw Uprising were not prosecuted in Nuremberg, they were prosecuted in the Communist Poland tribunal against war crimes.
FALSE. They were never prosecuted
main commanders to war crimes committed in Poland
Bach-Zelewski and Reinefarth
Why did Bach-Zelewski and Reinefarth were never prosecuted?
In general, some crimes for political reason were not prosecuted (mostly USSR influence).
In order to proof state responsibility, must be committed by …
the Army of a State, organs of the state or basically any action approved by the State.
Ius cogens
rules that cannot be changed and are above all other. Example: prohibition of torture, of genocide, of occupation, etc.
