Who amongst the ones who were hanged IOTL do you see being potentially being sentenced to life in prison as a result?Getting the biggest fish might result in some degree of leniency for the other defendants.
Who amongst the ones who were hanged IOTL do you see being potentially being sentenced to life in prison as a result?Getting the biggest fish might result in some degree of leniency for the other defendants.
There was no jury at Nuremberg.No, we never said that.
We're saying that there is a possibility a potential final stand before a jury could be a fodder for future Nazis.
Who amongst the ones who were hanged IOTL do you see being potentially being sentenced to life in prison as a result?
Who amongst the ones who were hanged IOTL do you see being potentially being sentenced to life in prison as a result?
If he is captured by the Russians, I seriously doubt that Stalin will let him stand trial. I see him being tortured to death while Stalin watches.
Not to mention he loves his show trials...Stalin is a lot more canny and practically minded than that.
A side question: considering that Berlin was captured by the Soviets, chances are they would be the ones to capture him. So... would Stalin insist on a separate trial in Moscow?
Stalin is a lot more canny and practically minded than that.
Not to mention he loves his show trials...
I don’t know. Did other Nazis captured by the Soviets go on trial in Nuremberg or in the USSR?
Stalin is a lot more canny and practically minded than that.
Some book I read a while back, can't remember the title, had Stalin keeping Hitler as a caged animal with standing orders to finally kill him on Stalin's death.
Harsh, but poetic in a way.
That rings a vague bell, doesn't he occasionally go and see him to gloat and/or check his greatest enemy is still there when ever his paranoia get's the best of him?
Some of the defendents in the first Nuremberg trials were captured by the Soviets such as:I don’t know. Did other Nazis captured by the Soviets go on trial in Nuremberg or in the USSR?
Well, only the British and the Americans wanted a fair trial (they're why Schacht walked). The French were in a pretty vengeful mood and the Russian judges were making little gallows-in-a-bottle trinkets throughout the trial*, which they thought was a silly idea in the first place. The trial was by and large a document trial so no matter what he said Hitler was going down, well, up slowly and then down rather rapidly.You know what I mean!
Some book I read a while back, can't remember the title, had Stalin keeping Hitler as a caged animal with standing orders to finally kill him on Stalin's death.
Harsh, but poetic in a way.
It is.
So many Hitler fanboys on here it’s depressing.
You really think having ol’ Adolfo on the stand, answering for his crimes will suddenly make the WAllies go “oh shit, maybe the little guy is right? Maybe there is a world-spanning conspiracy of Jews controlling our every decision? Better let him off and appoint him World President!”
Like all the other senior nazis at Nuremberg changed anyone’s mind? Can anyone recite any passages from their trials? Why would Hitler’s be any different? This isn’t the tv age, it’s not like it’s going to be streamed live 24 hours a day. The Allies will control what the world sees anyway. It’ll confirm he’s been captured and once confirmed guilty after the due process of law it’ll confirm he’s dead.