A1. When and why were they held?
The Nuremberg trials were a series of 13 trials carried out in Nuremberg, Germany, between 1945 and 1949, and they were ked because they were members of the political, military, and economic leadership of Nazi Germany.
A2. Where did the judges come from?
Judges came from Great Britain, France, United States and Sovietic Union
A3. What crimes were the defendants tried for?
They were indicted on such charges as crimes against peace and crimes against humanity.
A4. Why were many of the most senior Nazis never tried?
Adolf Hitler, Heinrich Himmler, and Joseph Goebbels were not included because all of them had committed suicide in the spring of 1945, well before the indictment was signed
A5. What happened to him during WWII?
During World War II Wiesenthal was a prisoner in five Nazi concentration camps.
A6. What did he do after the war? Why?
After the war, he dedicated his life to the search for and the legal prosecution of Nazi criminals and to the promotion of Holocaust memory and education
B1. Why did Gandhi go to live in South Africa?
Gandhi returned to India as a Barrister, but he knew nothing about the Indian law. At that time, a South African firm Dada Abdulla and Co. asked for his assistance in a case. Gandhi eagerly agreed and sailed for South Africa in April 1893.
B2. What did he think of the treatment of Indian people there? What did he do as a result of his experiences?
He experienced its racial prejudice when he was ejected from a first-class railway compartment because a white man objected to him being there, even though Gandhi had a first-class ticket.
Gandhi was appalled by the discrimination he experienced as an Indian immigrant in South Africa. For this reason, He remained in South Africa for nearly 20 years.
In 1907 he began a campaign against the laws that made Indians register if they wanted to live in South Africa.
B3. According to Gandhi,what is the most effective from of protest?
Gandhi believed that non-violent resistance was the best way to achieve political change.
B4. What does "Mahatma" mean?
Mahatma means “Great Soul”
B5. Why did Gandhi think that Indians shouldn't fight for Britain in WWII?
Gandhi didn't think that Indians should fight for the british in other parts of the world, because they lacked freedom in your own country.
B6. Why was Gandhi assassinated?
Because, He believed that Hindus and Muslims could live peacefully together.
B7. Gandhi once said that "An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind." What do you think that he meant by that? How did it influence his method of protest?
I think revenge only generate more hatred, and causes more wars and unnecessary deaths. With Non-violence protest, it could get better results without hurting anyone.
B8. Why did Gandhi go on the Salt March inspire others Indians?
Gandhi and his party finally arrived at Dandi on April 5, thousands of journalists and supporters gathered to watch him commit his symbolic crime. After immersing himself in the sparkling waters of the Arabian Sea, he walked ashore where the beach’s rich salt deposits rested. He found a lump of salt-rich mud and held it aloft in triumph. “With this,” he announced, “I am shaking the foundations of the British Empire.”
B9. How did the Salt March inspire other Indians?
Because the campaign had a significant effect on changing world and British attitudes towards Indian sovereignty and self-rule and caused large numbers of Indians to join the fight for the first time.
B10. What was satyagraha?
The word Satyagraha is from the Sanskrit words satya (meaning "truth") and Agraha ("insistence", or "holding firmly to"). For Gandhi, Satyagraha went far beyond just "passive resistance".
B11. What happened at the Dharasana salt Works? How did this affect international opinion about British rule in India?
Protesters were cruelly beaten. However, the beating of the protesters reverberated around the world, turning public opinion against Britain’s rule over India.
B12. What happened to Gandhi as a result of the Salt March?
Gandhi was arrested in May 1930