Nuremberg Trials: The Leaders of Nazi Germany

Nuremberg Trials: The Leaders of Nazi Germany

After the fall of Nazi Germany, the world demanded justice. Between November 1945 and October 1946, the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg put on trial 24 of the highest-ranking surviving leaders of the Third Reich — the men who planned, commanded, and enabled the greatest crimes in human history.
This collection examines their rise to power, their roles in Hitler’s regime, and their reckoning before history.
Each episode reveals how these men shaped a machinery of conquest and terror — and how justice finally caught up with them.

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Nuremberg Trials: The Leaders of Nazi Germany
  • The Butcher of Poland: Hitler’s Governor of Terror Hans Frank

    Born into privilege and ambition, Hans Frank rose from a young lawyer in Munich to become Adolf Hitler’s personal legal adviser and one of the regime’s highest officials. Appointed Governor-General of occupied Poland, Frank ruled from Kraków’s Wawel Castle like a king — overseeing the exploitatio...

  • From Austrian Chancellor to Reich Commissioner: Arthur Seyss-Inquart

    From his role in the Anschluss of Austria to his rule as Reich Commissioner of the Netherlands, Arthur Seyss-Inquart became one of the key enforcers of Nazi occupation policies in Europe.
    A lawyer turned dictator, he oversaw mass deportations, forced labor, and the persecution of Dutch Jews.
    Unde...

  • The Nazi Who Led Hitler’s Youth: Baldur von Schirach

    He was the bright, cultured face of the Nazi future.
    As Reich Youth Leader, Baldur von Schirach shaped millions of German boys and girls into loyal servants of Hitler’s vision — teaching them obedience, sacrifice, and racial purity.
    Under his leadership, the Hitler Youth became the regime’s most ...

  • The Rise and Fall of Nazi Germany’s Security Chief: Ernst Kaltenbrunner

    He was the man who ruled Nazi Germany’s internal empire of fear.
    As Chief of the Reich Security Main Office, Ernst Kaltenbrunner controlled the Gestapo, Criminal Police, and SS Security Service, enforcing Hitler’s will through mass arrests, deportations, and executions. A devoted Austrian Nazi an...

  • Hitler’s Minister of Laws and Terror: Wilhelm Frick

    He helped turn a fragile democracy into a dictatorship. As Reich Minister of the Interior (1933–1943) and later Reich Protector of Bohemia and Moravia, Wilhelm Frick drafted and enforced the laws that dismantled civil liberties, outlawed political parties, and excluded Jews from German life—the l...

  • Nazi Slave Labour Chief of Europe: Fritz Sauckel

    From 1942 to 1945, Fritz Sauckel built one of the largest systems of human exploitation in history.
    As Hitler’s General Plenipotentiary for Labour Deployment, he orchestrated the deportation of more than 12 million men, women, and children from across occupied Europe — many torn from their homes ...

  • Chief Nazi Architect of Racial Ideology: Alfred Rosenberg

    From the early 1920s to the fall of the Third Reich, Alfred Rosenberg shaped the Nazi worldview.
    As the Party’s chief ideologue and Minister for the Occupied Eastern Territories, he transformed antisemitic fantasy into state doctrine — justifying conquest, plunder, and extermination.
    His writings...

  • The Man Who Spread Hate in Nazi Germany: Julius Streicher

    From the 1920s to 1945, Julius Streicher used words as weapons.
    Through his newspaper Der Stürmer, he flooded Germany with antisemitic propaganda, lies, and hatred.
    He portrayed Jews as monsters, corruptors, and enemies of the nation — poisoning the minds of millions.
    His newspaper was read in sc...

  • Hitler’s Right Hand: Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring

    Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring was one of the most powerful figures of Nazi Germany and Adolf Hitler’s closest associate. A decorated fighter ace of the First World War, he joined the Nazi movement in its early years and became one of its most ambitious and ruthless leaders. As Prussian Minister ...

  • Nazi Grand Admiral on Trial: Erich Raeder’s Judgment at Nuremberg

    Nuremberg, 1946 — the world watches as Nazi Germany’s most powerful men face justice. Once the Grand Admiral of the Kriegsmarine, Erich Raeder helped Hitler wage war across Europe and the seas. From the Battle of Jutland to Operation Weserübung, he commanded fleets that carried the Nazi flag into...

  • The Nazi General Who Helped Burn Europe: Alfred Jodl

    General Alfred Jodl signed orders that fueled massacres from the Soviet Union to occupied Europe. He helped craft the Commissar and Commando Orders, condemning countless prisoners to death. Tried at Nuremberg for war crimes and crimes against humanity, Jodl was sentenced to death. Executed in 194...

  • From German Field Marshal to Nuremberg Gallows: Hitler's Lackey Wilhelm Keitel

    Wilhelm Keitel rose to the top of Hitler’s war machine as a loyal “yes-man,” signing criminal orders that fueled massacres and repression across Europe. From the invasion of Poland to Operation Barbarossa, his obedience enabled atrocities. At Nuremberg, he pled he was “just following orders,” but...

  • Nazi Foreign Minister Who Slept with English King’s Wife: Joachim von Ribbentrop

    Joachim von Ribbentrop rose from a champagne salesman to Hitler’s most loyal diplomat. As Nazi Foreign Minister, he brokered the pact with Stalin that divided Eastern Europe, gave cover to genocide, and paved the way to world war. This film traces his rise, his role in Nazi crimes, and his humili...