In a gruesome yet fitting end to their reign of terror, ten high-ranking Nazi officials convicted of war crimes and crimes against humanity were led to the gallows in Nuremberg's Palace of Justice. The condemned men, including Joachim von Ribbentrop, Alfred Rosenberg, and Julius Streicher, had been found guilty by the International Military Tribunal for their roles in the Holocaust and aggressive war. As they took their final steps, the world breathed a collective sigh of relief that justice had been served, and a dark chapter in human history was finally closed.