In particular, the Czech's expelled all Germans from the Sudetenland and the Poles did so from Prussia and Silesia. These populations were expelled and eventually resettled in Germany proper. In addition, nations that had suffered under the brutal cruelty of the Germans and who had been assigned or had recovered territory from Germany did not want a German population to remain within their borders. At Yalta and then Potsdamn, the Allies decided that ethnically homogenous states would prevent future wars from breaking out and agreed that Germans in the east should be resettled in Germany proper.
Also during the war, the Germans made every effort to settle territories in countries they conquered, especially in the east, with Germans. This was how the Germans were able to justify their claim to the Czech territory of Sudetenland. In the pre-war period, Germany used the claim that it had national rights to control any territory with German population in it. Map of Czech Sudetenland German Population Eichmann was found guilty and executed in 1962 The testimony of hundreds of witnesses, many of them survivors, was followed all over the world.
Ww2 aftermath today trial#
Adolf Eichmann, who had helped plan and carry out the deportations of millions of Jews, was brought to trial in Israel in 1961.
After Nuremberg trials of Nazis continued to take place both in Germany and many other countries. Most of the defendants admitted to the crimes of which they were accused, although most claimed that they were simply following the orders of a higher authority. Twelve prominent Nazis were sentenced to death.
Judges from the Allied powers - Great Britain, France, the Soviet Union, and the United States - presided over the hearings of twenty-two major Nazi criminals. Nuremberg, Germany, was chosen as a site for trials that took place in 19. The conflict between Israel and its neighbors would continue to this day with several wars being fought, although it has signed peace treaties with both Egypt in 1978 and Jordan in 1994.Īfter the war, some of those responsible for crimes committed during the Holocaust were brought to trial. No Arab state was created as its territory was annexed by Jordan and Egypt. This war would continue until the defeat of the invading Arab forces and the agreement of armstice lines that would form the first borders of the new country in 1949. The neighboring Arab countries invaded, begining the Israeli War of Independence. It was immediately recognized by both the United States and the Soviet Union. On the Jewish leadership declared the creation of the State of Israel. After World War Two ended the British dumped the problem in the hands of the United Nations where it was decided that the territory should be partitioned between a Jewish and Arab state. The British shut the door to the Mandate, severely limiting Jewish immigration to the area and condemning many who could have been saved to die in Nazi Europe. With the rise of Nazism and World War Two about to start, most countries shut their doors to Jewish refugees. They promptly began to do everything in their power to prevent Jewish immigration and settlement. During World War One, the British signaled that they were willing to help to establish such a homeland and in 1921 the British were given a Mandate over the territory of the Holy Land to do so. In the 1880s Jews mainly though not exclusively in Eastern Europe began the Zionist movement with the goal of reestablishing a Jewish homeland in the Holy Land where the Biblical Kingdoms and Jewish Temple had existed in order to escape massive persecution in Europe and the Middle East. David Ben Gurion Declares the Establishment of the State of Israel May 14 1948
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