Existing comment:
1946:
Disagreements between Russia and the Western Allies over the future of Europe resulted in the beginning of the Cold War.
At the Nuremberg Trials, 12 Nazis were sentenced to death and two to life imprisonment for war crimes. Many other "wanted" Nazi war criminals were employed by the U.S. and British governments.
Loyalty Oath was required of U.S. government employees in response to a growing fear of communism.
Japanese experimenters who had killed thousands of people in the process of conducting biological warfare tests were released without charges by the U.S. government in exchange for the results of their experiments.
1947-1948:
UN planned for partition of Palestine.
House Un-American Committee (HUAC) formed in 1947 in response to public fear of communistic activities in the U.S.
U.S. Committee on Civil Rights reported widespread unequal treatment in education, housing, medical care, etc.
Jewish State of Israel founded in 1948.
USSR halts traffic into Berlin; the U.S. responds with the Berlin Airlift.
UN prepared the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. |