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  1. "Inside the Nuremberg trials: a prosecutor's comprehensive account"

    Contains drafts of the preface and several chapters from a proposed book by Drexel A.Sprecher, based on his experiences serving with the Office of the U.S. Chief of Counsel during the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg.

  2. Communist female prisoner testifies at Nuremberg Trial

    (Paris 528) War Crimes Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, January 28, 1946. Continuation of Marie-Claude Vaillant Couturier's testimony. French prosecutor Dubost interrupts occasionally to ask a question. The witness talks about the wife of Georges Politzer, Hélène Solomon (wife of physician Jacques Solomon) and Danielle Casanova (surgeon), who launched a resistance movement among the women prisoners (49 of them made it back to France). One woman aged 67 had kept the rifle of her husband as a "souvenir," she died within two weeks in Auschwitz. She names and describes more women, all of whom died i...

  3. Jackson accuses defense counsel of antisemitism at Nuremberg Trial

    (Munich 95) War Crimes Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, April 10, 1946. MLS, Chief US Prosecutor Robert H. Jackson telling the Tribunal that Dr. Alfred Thoma, defense counselor for Rosenberg, had translated sections of documents in an antisemitic character. Jackson charges that the defense is trying to disseminate antisemitic propaganda. Dr. Rudolf Dix, counselor for Schacht, defends before the Tribunal the entire defense staff whom he feels has been accused by Jackson. Note: Camera did not catch all of Jackson's charge. Jackson holds up the stencils involved in his accusation.

  4. Gestapo and murder of Jews discussed at Nuremberg Trial

    (Paris 458) US Prosecutor Col. Robert G. Storey tells of the Gestapo's part in Germany's attack on Poland ("attack" on the Gleiwitz radio station) and how the Gestapo and SD murdered thousands of Jews in occupied countries. CU, chart indicating the number of Jews murdered in the Baltic States and parts of Russia and Poland. Side view of Tribunal as Chief Justice Geoffrey Lawrence announces adjournment of court. LS, Tribunal, spectators, and others standing up and leaving courtroom.

  5. Nuremberg Trial proceedings; summation and verdict

    Part 4 of GERMAN language version [corresponds to NARA reels 7 & 8] Courtroom scenes, questioning various defendants, showing various views of the courtroom and trial proceedings. Questioning Jodl and von Ribbentrop. Prosecutor asks Goering: "Do you still say that neither Hitler nor you knew of the policy to exterminate the Jews?" Goering: "I already had said that not even approximately did I know to what degree this thing took place." Prosecutor: "You did not know to what degree, but you knew there was a policy which aimed at the liquidation of the Jews?" Goering: "No, not liquidation ...

  6. Nuremberg Trial proceedings: summation and verdict

    Part 4 of ENGLISH language version [corresponds to NARA reels 7 & 8] Courtroom scenes, questioning various defendants, showing various views of the courtroom and trial proceedings. Questioning Jodl and von Ribbentrop. Prosecutor asks Goering: "Do you still say that neither Hitler nor you knew of the policy to exterminate the Jews?" Goering: "I already had said that not even approximately did I know to what degree this thing took place." Prosecutor: "You did not know to what degree, but you knew there was a policy which aimed at the liquidation of the Jews?" Goering: "No, not liquidation...

  7. Nuremberg: War Crimes Trials - Soviet compilation

    Russian film produced by the Central Studio of Documentary Films in Moscow about the War Crimes Trial (IMT) in Nuremberg, 1945-46. War footage: Warsaw destroyed, Operation Barbarossa, transports. Courtroom scenes: prosecutors and defendants enter, seated. Courtroom. Gen. Rudenko, Soviet prosecutor. Reel 1 begins with shots of defeated Berlin, Allied troops marching, hoisting flags and piloting tanks. MS of Nazi officers surrendering. Tracking and still MSs of Goering, Keitel, Doenitz, Goebbels' corpse, Jodl, Ribbentrop. Tracking shot of empty bombarded Nuremberg juxtaposed with archive foot...

  8. Hermann Göring's Nuremberg war crimes trial headphones

    1. IBM Corporation collection

    Headset used by Hermann Göring during the Nuremberg war crimes trials.

  9. OCCWC Nuremberg, Germany Preliminary briefs of Economics Division Vol. 1

    1. Drexel A. Sprecher collection

    Consists of copies of ten legal briefs compiled by the Office of the U.S. Chief of Counsel for War Crimes from circa 1946 to 1947. The briefs contain a time line of important dates in modern German history, a glossary of German economic terms, a report on the "Führerprinzip," and a brief concerning the "Aryanization" of Jewish property.

  10. Prof. Leo van der Essen at Nuremberg Trial

    (Paris 541) War Crimes Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, February 4, 1946. LS, prisoners' dock. Pan to French prosecutor Faure questioning Professor Leo van der Essen, General Secretary of the Louvain University in Belgium. (French is spoken throughout the entire reel.)

  11. Nuremberg Trial interpreters; closing speech at Malmedy Trial

    Munich 225 - War Crimes Trials, Nuremberg, Germany July 1946. Individual CUs of interpreters speaking into microphones. 03:04 Munich 294 - Malmedy War Crimes Trials, Dachau, Germany July 11, 1946. Lt. Col Burton J Ellis continuing his closing speech to the court.

  12. Summary of Himmler at Nuremberg Trial (SOUND ONLY)

    SOUND ONLY. Sentencing of Nazi Leaders at Nuremberg, Nuremberg, Germany, October 1946. Decisions reached on how the charges will be grouped. Description of Heinrich Himmler and the operations of the Gestapo.

  13. von Manstein questioned by Telford Taylor at Nuremberg Trial

    (Munich 343) War Crimes Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, August 10, 1946. MS, Brig. Gen. Telford Taylor questioning former Field Marshal von Manstein about the Commissar Order.

  14. Koerner and Kesselring testify at Nuremberg Trial

    (Munich 40) War Crimes Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, March 13, 1946. LSs, MSs, prisoners' dock. Chief US Prosecutor Robert H. Jackson cross examines Paul Koerner, Deputy of the Board of the Four-Year Plan, Staatssekretar in the Prussian Ministry, Chairman of the SS Obergruppenfuehrer, and Hermann Goering's personal Adjutant in the Prussian State Ministry. Koerner is questioned about November 9th, Reichskristallnacht, Goering's role, the fining of Jews after the damage, etc. He points out and verifies that riots against the Jews were incited by members of the government and that Goering was in...

  15. Evidence against Kaltenbrunner and Gestapo at Nuremberg Trial

    (Paris 474) War Crimes Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, January 2, 1946. LSs, EXT, judges enter courtroom, spectators stand, are seated. Trial resumes. LS, MSs, Robert G. Storey in his opening remarks since the adjournment on December 20 continues presenting evidence on the policies of Ernst Kaltenbrunner and the Gestapo. MSs, defense counselor for Kaltenbrunner addresses the Tribunal. Chief Justice Sir Geoffrey Lawrence informs the attorney that he will have ample opportunity to question any evidence presented in relation to his client.

  16. Jackson raises international law issue at Nuremberg Trial

    (Munich 47) War Crimes Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, March 14, 1946. Chief Prosecutor Robert H. Jackson addressing the Tribunal on a point of international law. Goering sits in the witness box and his attorney Dr. Otto Stahmer stands alongside him. Justice Lawrence answers Jackson. LS, defense counselors talking excitedly to the prisoners about Jackson's statement. MS, Jackson, defense counselors, and interpreters discuss the issue.

  17. Field Marshal von Paulus sworn as witness at Nuremberg Trial

    (Paris 551) War Crimes Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, February 11, 1946. Rear views, Col. J V Pokrovsky, assistant Russian prosecutor, addressing Tribunal. LS, one of the defense attorneys addressing the prosecutor. LS, ex-Field Marshal von Paulus enters courtroom and is sworn in. Von Paulus tells the court about his appointment and his duties, and how he learned of the plans to invade Russia.

  18. German naval officer testifies about Doenitz's orders at Nuremberg Trial

    (Paris 505) War Crimes Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, January 14, 1946. MSs, the witness, former German naval officer Karl Heinz Moehle, relates the orders of Doenitz, that, in particular, U-boat commanders should not save survivors of vessels that sunk and that U-boats should not sink ships too close to the shore as that would enable many crew members and passengers to be saved. LSs, rear views, Doenitz's attorney Otto Kranzbuehler questions witness and makes a statement to the Tribunal.

  19. Defense counselor Marx and Gisevius testimony at Nuremberg Trial

    (Munich 129) War Crimes Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, April 27, 1946. HAS, Tribunal. LS, Chief Justice Geoffrey Lawrence addressing some remarks to defense counselor Dr. Hans Marx. HAS, Dr. Marx at stand as Julius Streicher is heard. HAS, MS, US Chief Prosecutor Robert H. Jackson questioning Gisevius. (Gisevius is not visible). 19:28:22 MS, CUs Hermann Goering and Rudolf Hess listening to Gisevius' testimony. 19:28:51 Pan to Jackson continuing his questioning.

  20. Translations and murder of Jews discussed at Nuremberg Trial

    (Paris 373) War Crimes Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, November 22, 1945. MCU, LS, Dr. Dix, counsel for Hjalmar Schacht speaking before the court about their rights of objection. Pan from Dr. Dix to side view of the eight judges. Dr. Dix has trouble with his earphones and is assisted by several US officers. LS, Dr. Dix facing tribunal as voice of Lord Geoffrey Lawrence, Chief Justice, is heard to say that the best possible translations will be made and that they would be able to object to any document offered. Dr. Dix thanks the Tribunal and moves off. Major Frank Wallis tells of the Nazi plan ...