Essay On Albert Speer's Trial At Nuremberg

Lastly, the Nuremberg trials was one of the biggest events to occur toward Albert Speer. It is because of his work with the Nazi Party and his contribution to the outcome of war, was he being held accountable for his actions. However, through devious remarks and claims that he was unaware of such actions being taken place under his authority, he was sentenced to a lighter penalty than what his fellow collages. Speer was held accountable for four crimes; including the common plan or conspiracy to accomplish… a war aggression, crimes against peace, war crimes and crimes against humanity. However, out of the four crimes, ‘war crimes’ and ‘crimes against humanity’ were the two that would have been the biggest concern for Speer.

In many cases the public and doctors supported the T4 program. The creation of the of the T4 program was what laid the groundwork for the final solution. The T4 program was ordered by Hitler on September 1, 1939 to get rid of the people who didn’t help society. Hitler tasked the program to Dr. Karl Brandt and Chancellery chief Philipp Bouhler to create the T4 program.

For example, in Bruce Beresford’s 1980 film Breaker Morant, a filmic event has been completely designed to speak to a larger truth about the first war crimes trial in British history and plays into a widely held belief about the reasons for this trial. In the scene where Major Bolton visits Lord Kitchener, they discuss the proceedings of this trail of the Bushveldlt Carbineers. In conversation, Kitchener remarks that Kaiser Wilhelm II has protested the murder of Reverend Heesse, who is mentioned as a German citizen. He goes on to say that the German people support the Boer cause and the British government fear that they will enter the ongoing conflict, on the side of the Boers. This is why Lieutenant Morant, Hancock and Witton must be convicted at all cost, explains Kitchener and they must go to trail at once for the murder of the German missionary.

In the past, certain people have claimed to have files stolen: “Karel Hille, a Dutch journalist, claimed to have files that had been stolen from M16 by none other than Sir Maurice Oldfield, ex-head of M16. The files proved that the man who died in Spandau was not Hess, but a double body”, but the suspicious thing was that the British tried to hush it all up by discouraging the investigation effort, stating that there is no evidence at all (Unsolved Political Mysteries 30; Hitler’s Last Henchman Dies). There were documents found missing about Rudolf Hess’s death involving ex-M16 members as its potential perpetrators and the British trying to disparage the conspiracy, which may possibly suggest the British’s guilty role in the death of Hess. Furthermore, medical evidence drove Hess’s son, Wolf, to say that the height between the floor and the electrical cord was too short for his father, who had arthritis and other medical ailments that would have made it impossible to hang himself (Murdered by British Agents). Mr. Thomas, a past “military surgeon” said that he had accumulated intelligence about two “assassins” commanded by the British government to silence Hess before the possibility of Hess being released and “free to expose” details regarding a conspiracy to dethrone the Churchill

The Trials That Changed History “The Nuremberg Trial of German war criminals was tactically based on recognition of the principle: criminal actions cannot be excused if committed on government orders; conscience supersedes the authority of the law of the state. -Albert Einstein”. During World War II, many Nazis committed horrible crimes, including murder and human experiments. While the war was going on, they were not punished, and were not even recognized for their crimes. However, The Nuremberg Trials in Germany, punished many Nazis for their crimes, and proved that evil will be punished.

In addition, Himmler understand the power of police and their ability to sway people's minds. He was able to persuade it Hitler to allow the police force and SS to join knowing that it would allow the Nazi party to achieve their long term goal, also known as the “Final Solution” (“Heinrich Himmler”). The “Final Solution” was a plan devised by Himmler himself to eliminate all the Jews from Europe and gain racial supremacy (“Himmler, Heinrich” 90). On October 4, 1943 in Poznan Himmler gave a speech in front of high ranking SS Generals. During the speech he was quoted

The politeness with which he acted toward German-speaking Jewish functionaries was to a large extent the result of his recognition of people who were socially superior to him. He believed up to the end in success – the standard of ‘good society’ as he knew it. His last words on Hitler were that he may have been wrong all the time, but his success proved to Eichmann that he should subordinate himself to Hitler. Eichmann’s conscience was set at rest when the ‘good society’ everywhere reacted as he did, or at least seemed to react as he did. He did not need to block his conscience, because his conscience spoke with a ‘respectable voice’, with the voice of the society around him.

Soon after the army started to capture the innocent jews. The Holocaust is unexplainable to some degree. The Nazi army, and Adolf Hitler has a very twisted mind to do what they did to the Jews. The Nazi sent the jews to concentration camp like Auschwitz. The sign at Auschwitz said “ARBEIT MACHT FREI,” and the Jews thought that if they work they might not die at Auschwitz.

He didn’t personally write them, but dictated them to his deputy, Rudolph Hess. When Hitler came out of jail, he decided that he needed to change his party to win the elections so he made it a democratic instead socialist party. He also created the Schutz Staffeln (SS) (English: Protection Squads) to be his bodyguards. He appointed Heinrich Himmler as the head of the SS.

The author Page included Schindler's former wife, Emilie Schindler's opinions about her husband's legacy. Surprisingly, Emilie has criticized Schindler, highlighting his true intentions on helping the Jews, in order to gain attention to help promote her book. Although Schindler's motives remain unknown, the survivors appreciate and only recognize Schindler's bravery. I have to agree, no matter the intentions behind Schindler's actions, Oskar has made a huge impact. If Schindler did not act, as many as 1,300 innocent lives may have been taken.

Hitler made it clear that he wanted a youth organization that would demonstrate Nazi values and make a stronger Nazi future when he said, “I want my Hitler Youth to be tough as leather, hard as Krupp steel, and fast as Windhunde” (Mahlendorf 95). By Hitler saying this, it influenced the youth exponentially. It’s easy for a poster to display recruitment, but when the leader of a country does it, then it’s a different situation. This gained mass support and by 1939, 8.7 million youth were part of the organization (Moeller 84). The integration of children into a political party made it easy for the Nazis to gain widespread support throughout Germany so that when the war began, people wouldn’t oppose it, or at least be too afraid to oppose

Albert Speer: Albert Speer was born in Mannheim, Germany, on March 19, 1905. He applied to be in the Nazi party on March 31, 1931; the first time contacted Hitler was in 1933. Albert Speer was an architect and Minister of Armaments and War Production for Germany in World War II. In 1942 he was made minister for armaments and mutations which he was able to triple between the years 1942 and 1943. He took responsibility for his crimes of the Nazi Regime in the Nuremberg

It was found later by Ruby Bates in another trial that they had seen 2 men before they left for the train. She told them that they had sexual intercorse with the 2 men that night before they left. The jury did not believe her because Samuel Leibowitz, the lawyer of the negroes, found her while she was in hiding and had her hiding until it was the right time to tell the jury what happened. Samuel was a white lawyer that defended the 9 negroes because he said that they were like everybody else and deserve the same rights as everyone.

I, member of the jury, am choosing to vote Tom Robinson not guilty on the account of rapeing Mayella Ewell. All evidence that arose during the trial proves his innocence in the case. Nevertheless, I have to make a decision based on my moral values, not the societal norms of Maycomb County. During the trial, the witness testimonies were continually contradicted.

Though many people think that emotion helps make rational resolutions, often times it hurts one’s ability to do so. In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Scout, the protagonist, and her family discover the need for logic when her father takes an important court case. Sadly, most of the people of Maycomb in the 1930s became corrupt because they do not use rationality in their lives. Throughout the novel, Scout and the reader both learn that one should not let their emotions rule their reason when making decisions. Even before the court case began, Scout learns about the recurring theme of logic being more effective than her feelings when forming opinions of others and in communicating.