1 . Participation in a common plan of conspiracy for the accomplishment of crimes against peace 2 . Planning , initiating and waging wars of aggression and other crimes against peace 3 . War Crimes Atrocities against enemy combatants or conventional crimes committed by military units ( see War crimes of the Wehrmacht ) , and include : 4 . Crimes against Humanity Crimes committed well away from the lines of battle and unconnected in any way to military activity , distinct from war crimes Other crimes against humanity included : At least 10 million , and perhaps over 20 million perished directly and indirectly due to the commission of crimes against humanity and war crimes by the Nazi regime , of which the Holocaust lives on in particular infamy , for its particularly cruel nature and scope , and the industrialised nature of the genocide of Jewish citizens of states invaded or controlled by the Nazi regime . At least 5.9 million Jews were murdered by the Nazis , or 66 to 78 % of Europe 's Jewish population , although a complete count may never be known . Though much of Continental Europe suffered under the Nazi occupation , Poland , in particular , was the state most devastated by these crimes , with 90 % of its Jews as well as many ethnic Poles slaughtered by the Nazis and their Ukrainian affiliates . After the war , from 1945 – 49 , the Nazi regime was put on trial in two tribunals in Nuremberg , Germany by the victorious Allied powers
War crimes of the Wehrmacht
War crimes of the Wehrmacht
List of war crimes