Quite possibly the most important criminal hearings ever held, the Nuremberg Trials established the principle that individuals will always be held responsible for their actions under international law. In proceedings that were tense and occasionally harrowing, the world put the Holocaust in the spotlight, debating questions that are not easy to answer. After a brief overview of the causes and results of World War II, this in-depth look at the Allied prosecution of 22 top Nazi leaders—among them, Hermann Goering, Albert Speer, Rudolf Hess, and Hans Frank—draws from the official transcripts of the Nuremberg Trials, and it includes additional commentary and black and white photographs.