Nuremberg/YMMV

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  • Anti-Villain: Albert Speer. In Real Life, before the war he was a brilliant architect, and he entered Hitler's inner circle because of his grand designs for re-shaping Berlin and building a strong foundation for the German people. During the war he was charged with maintaining industrial production of armaments, and was shocked and horrified once he found out how the workers in these factories were treated. He did little about it back then, but after the war he spent literally the rest of his life atoning and accepting responsibility for Nazi atrocities. He demonstrated none of the sociopathic qualities that many of his compatriots showed.
  • Complete Monster: Just pick your favorite one.
  • Crowning Music of Awesome: Introitus from Mozart's Requiem during the executions.
  • High Octane Nightmare Fuel: The concentration camps footage.
    • The strange thing is that because it is real footage of actual concentration camps, it does something very weird to The Fourth Wall. Suddenly this isn't a miniseries you're watching anymore, this is the pain, suffering and deaths of million of people you're looking at. In effect, the movie/miniseries act as a direct conduit to provide context for the footage, basically acting as a Nightmare Fuel Station Attendant.
  • Magnificent Bastard: Hermann Göring.
  • Moral Event Horizon: The four accounts (conspiration to wage aggressive war, crimes against peace, war crimes and crimes against humanity) for the defendants.
    • Göring, however, accuses the Allies of having crossed it more than once.
  • Romantic Plot Tumor: Almost one hour is dedicated to the love story between Robert L. Jackson and his mistress.