History Repeating Itself?

A reader sent me the meme here.  When I wrote:
“Not sure what you’re referring to here,” he responded: “Please do some research. This is one of the most critical information. The trials happened in 1947 after the horrors of WWII.”
I know what the Nuremberg Trials were, but I don’t see how history may be repeating itself in this case.  The only connection I can see is that many of the Jan. 6th insurrectionists, who are one by one being sent off to prison, are contending that they were just following orders (from the then-President of the United States). As I’ve often written, I find that to be a mitigating circumstance, and therefore I believe they deserve some level of leniency, even though they are detestable human beings.
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