The Nuremberg TrialsAfter the end of World War II, many trials were held to punish the people responsible for the Holocaust and the war. The Allies had created international laws that would allow them to punish the Nazis for starting the war and war crimes. The most famous trials were the Nuremberg Trials. On November 20, 1945, 23 high ranking Nazis were put on trial in Nuremberg. The Allies purposely chose Nuremberg as the location for the trials because of the Nazi Party rallies held in the 1930's. Some of the accused Nazis were guarded by Allied troops. The verdict was announced on October 1, 1946. Finally, on October 16, 1946, ten high ranking Nazi officials were hanged (Willmott, Messenger, and Cross 301).
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MemorialsNumerous memorials were build across the world in honor of all the innocent men, women and children who lost their lives due to the Holocaust. Some of the most famous Holocaust memorials are the Budapest Holocaust Memorial that represents a weeping willow, the Miami Memorial that shows an outstretched hand, the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe in Berlin, the Vienna Nameless Library Memorial that shows books with their spines facing inwards making them unreadable and the six glass towers of the England Memorial that represent the six millions Jews that were killed during the Holocaust (Telegraph.co.uk).
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Survivors had Nowhere to Turn toAfter World War II, Holocaust survivors were ready to return to their homes are restart their lives but that would be proven hard to do. When many returned to their homeland, they discovered that their houses didn't exist. Others faced a much worst fate. Jews that returned to Kielce, Poland in 1946 quickly realized they weren't wanted. On July 1, a young boy left his house without telling his parents and returned two days later. To avoid being punished, the boy lied that he had been kidnapped and kept at the Jewish Committee building which at the time had 180 Jews inside. Angry Polish citizens and the police soon surrounded the building. When an unknown person fired a shot, the crowd attacked the Jews. 42 Jews were killed in the pogrom and more than 40 were injured. In the next few months 75,000 Jews left the country (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum).
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