What happened in the aftermath of Holocaust?
The leaders of the Third Reich, who were caught by the Allies, were tried by the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg from Nov. 20, 1945 to Oct. 1, 1946. Afterward, the Allied occupation authorities continued to try Nazis, with the most significant trials held in the American zone (the Subsequent Nuremberg Proceedings). In total, 5,025 Nazi criminals were convicted between 1945-1949 in the American, British and French zones; in addition to an unspecified number of people who were tried in the Soviet zone. After liberation, many Jewish survivors feared to return to their former homes because of the anti-Semitism that persisted in parts of Europe and the trauma they had suffered. Some who returned home feared for their lives. With few possibilities for emigrations, tens of thousands of homeless Holocaust survivors migrated westward to other European territories liberated by the western Allies to live in refugee centers and displaced persons camps. Some Jewish refugees formed orga
