The Nuremberg trials were held jointly by the United States, Soviet Union, France, and the United Kingdom against representatives of the defeated Nazi Germany in the aftermath of World War II. Between 20 November 1945 and 1 October 1946, the International Military Tribunal tried 22 of the most important surviving Nazi leaders, with the main charge the newly invented and retroactively applied crime of plotting and carrying out invasions, although various German atrocities (especially the Holocaust) were also condemned. The purpose of the trial was not just to convict the defendants but also to assemble irrefutable evidence of Nazi crimes, offer a history lesson to the defeated Germans, and delegitimize the traditional German elite. Although criticized at the time for legal innovation and selective prosecution, the trial has come to be recognized as "the true beginning of international criminal law".
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuremberg_trials> _______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries: 1917: First World War: The Battle of Cambrai began with British forces having initial success over Germany's Hindenburg Line. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cambrai_%281917%29> 1985: Windows 1.0 was released, the first Microsoft Windows operating system available to the public. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_1.0> 1990: Andrei Chikatilo, one of the Soviet Union's most prolific serial killers, was arrested in Novocherkassk. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrei_Chikatilo> 2003: Suicide bombers blew up the British consulate and the headquarters of HSBC Bank in Istanbul, killing 31 people, including consul general Roger Short and actor Kerem Yılmazer. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_Istanbul_bombings> _____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day: unfledged: 1. Not having feathers. 2. Of a bird: not yet having developed its feathers and wings and become able to fly. 3. (figurative) 4. Of a person: not yet fully grown or mature; lacking life experience, like a novice or tyro; immature, inexperienced; hence, of or relating to youth. 5. Of a thing: not yet fully developed; imperfect, incomplete, unfinished. <https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/unfledged> ___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day: It required a lot less energy, intelligence, and competence to run against government than to try to make government work. --Joe Biden <https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Joe_Biden> _______________________________________________ Wikipedia Daily Article mailing list. To unsubscribe write to: [email protected] Questions or comments? Contact [email protected]
