00:00Hermann Göring was Hitler's longtime number two and a key figure in establishing the first
00:04concentration camps. But at the Nuremberg Trials in 1945-1946, which sought to bring
00:10Nazi leaders to justice for their crimes, Göring made an outrageous claim about the Holocaust.
00:18I already have said that not even approximately did I know to what degree this thing took place.
00:23You did not know to what degree, but you knew there was a policy that aimed at the liquidation
00:28of the Jews. No, not liquidation of the Jews. I only knew that certain perpetrations had
00:37taken place. The Nuremberg Trials broke new ground in international law with the idea of
00:42individual responsibility. The Allies wanted the Nazis to be prosecuted for the millions
00:47of people they had murdered. For the first time, leaders were held personally accountable
00:51for the atrocities committed during World War II.
00:54The evidence was devastating. There was film footage showing unimaginable suffering in
01:11concentration camps, testimony from survivors and letters and orders issued by the defendants,
01:16that revealed their direct involvement. Göring was found guilty on all counts.
01:20Guilty of conspiracy, crimes against peace, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. Death by
01:27hanging. But hours before his execution, he took his own life in his cell, avoiding accountability,
01:33just like he did at the trial.
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