Lastly and most importantly, only an international tribunal could have promulgated the Nuremberg Principle, a major purpose and the major contribution of the Nuremberg process.
Third, the Germans were not willing or able to provide the required judiciary service in 1946 even if their institutions had the required unity and autonomy, which they did not. Second, Western public opinion demanded retribution.
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First, the Soviets insisted on full participation that the Yalta agreement promised. There are other reasons why the Nuremberg Court was the only possible solution. Which nominally German authority or jurisdiction could have been designated to conduct their own war-crime trials under these circumstances? The limited local power was delegated to the Germans by the occupiers, who were deeply divided among themselves on issues of politics, economics and justice. Germany was divided into four zones of occupation but basically it was divided between East and West. The former East-European allies of Germany had their sovereignty restored by 1946 at least on paper, while the German state did not exist. His alternative however has to be recognized as a political and judicial impossibility at that time. In the October 7, 1993, article “Misjudgment at Nuremberg” István Deák claims that the Nuremberg trials were a mistake and a failure.