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The majority of Nazi leaders tried at Nuremberg were sentenced to _.

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Imprisonment/Death by Hanging

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---> Nazi is a member of the Nationalist Socialist German Workers' Party, which controlled Germany from 1933 to 1945 under Adolf Hitler and advocated totalitarian government, territorial expansion, anti-Semitism, and Aryan supremacy, all these leading directly to World War ll and the Holocaust.

---> Nuremburg is a city in central Bavaria, in SE Germany: site of international trials (1943-46) of Nazis accused of war crimes.

The Nuremberg Trials were a series of military tribunals held by the Allied powers after World War II. The trials were held to prosecute prominent leaders of Nazi Germany for war crimes, crimes against peace, and crimes against humanity. Of the 22 major defendants, 12 were sentenced to death by hanging, and the remaining 10 were sentenced to imprisonment for terms ranging from 10 years to life. In addition to the major defendants, many other Nazi leaders and officials were also tried and convicted in subsequent trials.

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The majority of Nazi leaders tried at Nuremberg were sentenced to Life imprisonment.
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