Those who were tried and executed
The most well-known Nazi to be tried and executed was Adolf Eichmann, who was responsible for organizing the deportation of Jews to death camps. Eichmann was captured by Israeli agents in Argentina in 1960 and brought to trial in Israel. He was found guilty of crimes against humanity and war crimes and was executed by hanging in 1962.
Other prominent Nazis who were tried and executed included:
* Rudolf Hess, Hitler's deputy, who was sentenced to life in prison at the Nuremberg Trials but committed suicide in 1987
* Joachim von Ribbentrop, Hitler's foreign minister, who was executed in 1946
* Wilhelm Keitel, Hitler's chief of staff, who was executed in 1946
Those who were imprisoned
Many other Germans who worked for Hitler were imprisoned after the war. Some were sentenced to life in prison, while others were given shorter sentences. Some of the most notable Nazis who were imprisoned included:
* Albert Speer, Hitler's architect and minister of armaments, who was sentenced to 20 years in prison but released in 1966
* Martin Bormann, Hitler's private secretary, who was tried in absentia and sentenced to death in 1946 but was never captured
* Heinrich Himmler, the head of the SS, who committed suicide in 1945 before he could be arrested
Those who escaped justice
Some Germans who worked for Hitler were able to escape justice altogether. Some fled to South America, where they lived in hiding for the rest of their lives. Others changed their names and identities and lived under assumed identities in Germany or other countries. Some of the most notable Nazis who escaped justice included:
* Josef Mengele, the doctor who conducted medical experiments on prisoners at Auschwitz, who fled to Argentina and died in 1979
* Adolf Eichmann, the chief architect of the Holocaust, who fled to Argentina but was captured by Israeli agents in 1960
* Klaus Barbie, the "Butcher of Lyon," who fled to South America and died in 1987
The fates of Germans who worked for Hitler after the Holocaust serve as a reminder of the horrors of the Nazi regime and the importance of bringing war criminals to justice.