It's not though. The question makes the assumption that he would have been handed over for the Nuremberg trials.
But the Soviets were fucking ruthless against Nazi Germany. They were REALLY driven by hatred for them. If a Nazi soldier surrendered to Russians, a summary bullet to the head was often the more merciful outcome.
And it was the Russians that would have found Hitler first, so it's far more likely that they would:
- execute him on-the-spot
- torture him until death
- have their own trial for him in Russia before torture/execution.
SlothMama@lemmy.world 7 months ago
An accurate, non Euro / Western centric answer missed the point even though this is a likely and valid outcome???
bhmnscmm@lemmy.world 7 months ago
OP wasn’t asking for an accurate answer. The question presupposes Hitler is convicted in the Nuremberg trials.
ninpnin@sopuli.xyz 7 months ago
The likely and valid outcome is what actually happened . The proper answer to the question is not to come up with another hypothetical
desconectado@lemm.ee 7 months ago
Any answer would be hypothetical by definition… Not sure what’s your point there.
ninpnin@sopuli.xyz 7 months ago
If somebody asks what would happen in hypothetical A, don’t come up with a hypothetical B