At the Palace of Justice in Nuremberg, Germany, the Nazi elite were charged with the systematic murder of millions of people.

On November 20, 1945, the 21 surviving representatives of the Nazi elite stood before an international military tribunal at the Palace of Justice in Nuremberg, Germany; they were charged with the systematic murder of millions of people. The ensuing trial pitted U.S. Chief Prosecutor and Supreme Court Judge Robert Jackson against Hermann Goering, the former head of the Nazi air force. For Jackson, this trial would make the statement that crimes against humanity would never again go unpunished.