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The trials were held to posecute the Nazi war criminals for war crimes.
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The trials were held to bring to justice and punish those Nazis accused of war crimes and mass genocide.
Nuremberg was the unofficial capital of Nazi Germany. It was regarded as the most German of all cities and because of this, it was Hitler's favorite city. Nuremberg was where the Nazis held their famous rallies. The city was bombed by America in January 1945 because of its importance to Hitler and the Nazis, and 90% of the historic part of the city was destroyed. Because of its association with the Nazis, Nuremberg was chosen as the site of the war crimes trials after the war. Previously, Nuremberg had been the unofficial capital of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation for 500 years.
The Nuremberg Trials put officers from the German High Command responsible for war crimes to justice. Among the war crimes that they were convicted of were atrocities committed in the concentration camps.