The nazi in world war 2?

Question:at the Nuremberg trails, top Nazi officials defended their actions during holocaust by clamiming that they were following orders. do you agree with this defense?
think about:
- the nazi's attempt to destroy evidence
-what the nazis represented
-the extent of their crimes

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: at the Nuremberg trails, top Nazi officials defended their actions during holocaust by clamiming that they were following orders. do you agree with this defense?
think about:
- the nazi's attempt to destroy evidence
-what the nazis represented
-the extent of their crimes

Ultimately all individuals must be held accountable to a higher power or ideal, nobody can order a person to commit an act that said person clearly know to be wrong. Following the Civil War the Union tried the Commandant of the Andersonville Prisoner of War Camp and the only defense he had to offer was that he was following his orders which up to this point in the history of the American military had been an acceptable defense.

The Judge Advocate General demonstrated that there were a great many incidents where the Confederate Commandant was expressing regret, He clearly understood that he was responsible for the deaths of thousands of prisoner and the fact that he was obeying his orders didn't resolve him of this responsibility. He and all soldiers have a higher duty to humanity.

The Nazis operation of the death camps some eighty years later was again the same issue, if you didn't know your actions were morally incorrect then why did you try to destroy all records and evidense of what you have done? There is no defense for such behavior and that's why the vast majority of them were convicted. They all had a moral duty which they failed

No, one still must choose to follow an order.