Why were the Nuremberg Trials held from 1945 to 1946

It held for the purpose of bringing Nazi war criminals to justice, the Nuremberg trials were a series of 13 trials carried out in Nuremberg, Germany, between 1945 to 1946

The trials were held in the city of Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany, in 1945-1946, at the Palace of Justice. The first and best known of these trials was the Trial of the Major War Criminals before the International Military Tribunal, which tried 25 of the most important captured leaders of the Third Reich.