Why Were The Post Second World War Trials Located In Nurenberg?

The Nuremberg Trials (1945 - 1949) were held in the German city of Nuremberg, because this town was situated within the occupied country's American zone. The US, Britain, France and the Soviet Union (all of which controlled zones in Germany) agreed on the location of the trials.

The other reason why the city of Nuremberg was chosen, was because the town's Palace of Justice building was large enough to accommodate the trials and it had not been severely damaged during World War II. Many German cities (such as Dresden and Berlin) were in complete ruins after the end of the war and it would have been difficult to find appropriate facilities to conduct a trial of such magnitude.

On a more symbolic level, Nuremberg was once the home of regular rallies and parades organized by the Nazi Party. As such, putting the Party's leaders and supporters on trial in this city sent a very clear message that Nazism had been defeated.

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The earliest organizing meetings of the National Socialist Political Party were held in that city.

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