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Justify Frail, emaciated and an empty stare characterized Jacques Liptez, a Jewish prisoner released from Auschwitz in 1945. A living witness to the horrors in the camps, he testified at Nuremberg with the emotion and the conviction of a survivor. He was joined with many other survivors anxious to tell their stories. The Nuremberg Trials made sure that crimes against humanity would not go unpunished. The United Nations which consisted of France, Great Britain, United States and U.S.S.R came together August 8,1945(Smith) in London. This provided the establishment of the International Military Tribunal to try war criminals (Macedonians: accused of war crimes) that eventually led to the Nuremberg Trials. The Nuremberg Trials were the most important war crimes following any war in recent history. The trials were held in front of a panel of judges selected by the allies, and presided over by Lord Lawrence of England. There were eleven different trials ranging from the doctors trial, judges trials and various others as defendants.(Austin) September 12, 1945, President Harry Truman of the United States selected Francis Biddle and Judge John Parker as Senior and alter