Quote Originally Posted by Derfasciti
Without getting into a major argument, I just don't see the morality in killing others to atone for other deaths. Especially when only a century or so earlier America had it's own unofficial holocaust. But regardless, this is history.
The Allies needed a person to pin all the blame on Goering was the highest ranking Nazi official they have caught.

Up until 1945 when the Allies discovered the Holocaust mostly Jews weren't very liked by other people in Europe.