re: The Nuremberg Trials

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How did Nuremberg have jurisdiction over internal policies carried out by a regime pre-war?

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One could argue that it was one continuous programme carried out from planning phase to fruition. "Leibensraum" was the cover from the beginning, and ethnic cleansing was always part of the plan.

That extended past war crimes and the actual start of military maneuvering on Poland and annexing of Czechoslovakia. Just like you could argue World War I started when Franz Ferdinand died long before militaries got involved.

The actions that became the reason the world went to war are still part of the war itself, the fact that they happened within a soverign nation didn't preclude them. At least that's my opinion, I realize the courts didn't necessarily agree.