#OnThisDay (1945): The Nuremberg trials begin in Germany. For the first time since the end of World War II, high-ranking Nazi officials are put on trial for their actions during the war. On the first trial, twenty-two officials were indicted for crimes against humanity. The trials lasted ten months and were conducted by an international panel of representatives from France, Great Britain, the Soviet Union, and the U.S. Learn more about the prosecution of Nazi officials in Andrew Nagorski's 'Nazi