1946 in Germany

The Nuremberg trials were international criminal trials held by France, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, and the United States against leaders of defeated Nazi Germany for plotting and carrying out invasions of several countries across Europe and committing atrocities against their citizens in the Second World War.

series of military tribunals held in Germany after World War II

thumb|upright=1.3|A US Army lieutenant (left) and a German detective inspecting the (Consumer Cooperative Bakery) in Nuremberg after a poisoning attempt Nakam (, 'revenge') was a paramilitary and terrorist organisation of about fifty Holocaust survivors who, after 1945, sought revenge for the murder of 6 million Jews during the Holocaust. Led by Abba Kovner, the group sought to kill six million Germans in a form of indiscriminate revenge, "a nation for a nation". Kovner went to Mandatory Palestine in order to secure large quantities of poison for poisoning water mains to kill large numbers of

internment camps in the Soviet-occupied parts of Germany from May 1945 to January 6, 1950

executions of ten prominent members of Nazi Germany leadership

1946 speech by U.S. Secretary of State Byrnes

War crime trials after World War II

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overview of Germany-related events during the year of 1946

war crimes trial