THE NUREMBERG TRIAL – A COURT WITHOUT A STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS

The Nuremberg trial (November 1945 – October 1946) was the first trial in world history in which the first persons of the Nazi state accused of committing war crimes and genocide during second World war were convicted. The results of the Nuremberg trials are considered in the context of the modern geopolitical situation; the problem of distortion of the results of both the Nuremberg trials and the Second World War as a whole is raised; examples of some facts of the past and present are presented, emphasizing the relevance of the results of the Nuremberg tribunal in our time.