after the war, the allied governments, namely the united states, britain, and the soviet union, held trials of the nazi leaders. these trials were held in nuremberg, germany. for this reason, these trials were called "the nuremberg trials." the allied leaders accused the nazi leaders of war crimes and crimes against humanity, including murdering millions of people (in the holocaust), of starting wars, of conspiracy, and belonging to illegal organizations like the ss (called, "schutzstaffel", in german). most nazi leaders were found guilty by the court, and they were sent to jail or sentenced to death and executed.