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  1. War Crimes and Retribution

    1. World Jewish Congress
    2. Institute of Jewish Affairs

    Contains mostly country-by-country files pertaining to individual war crime and retribution cases. This subseries contains background materials and related information as well, including files on searches for Holocaust witnesses and witness testimony, together with war crimes trial correspondence. Of particular interest are the files on war crimes and atrocities in individual communities in Poland, as well as the section on the Nuremberg trial proceedings and cases. Box C149. Folder 17. Legal definitions and cases cited, "A" - "B.", undated Box C149. Folder 18. Legal definitions and cases c...

  2. Courtroom portrait of Hermann Göring listening on headphones created during the Trial of German Major War Criminals at Nuremberg

    1. Edward Vebell collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn521702
    • English
    • overall: Height: 14.000 inches (35.56 cm) | Width: 18.000 inches (45.72 cm) pictorial area: Height: 7.000 inches (17.78 cm) | Width: 8.250 inches (20.955 cm)

    Portrait of Field Marshall Hermann Göring (Goering) created by 24 year-old Edward Vebell, illustrator and US soldier, from the press gallery during the first months of the 1945 Trial of German Major War Criminals before the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg, Germany. Ed sat in the gallery for three days and used field glasses to capture the details of the defendant's faces. He had no water, so he had to use spit to create the halftones that add detail and nuance. Ed did 90% of his drawing in the courtroom, seeking to bring intimacy to the historical proceedings. The sketches wer...

  3. Benjamin B. Ferencz collection

    1. Benjamin B. Ferencz collection

    The Benjamin B. Ferencz collection consists of the personal papers of Benjamin B. Ferencz, Chief Prosecutor of the Einsatzgruppen at the Nuremberg Trials. The collection includes materials relevant to the Second World War, the Nuremberg Trials, Holocaust-related restitution and indemnification issues, war crimes justice, the efforts to establish a permanent international criminal court for war crimes, and biographical information pertaining to Ferencz. For a more detailed scope note, please see the finding aid.

  4. Nazi Party Labor Day pin given to a US soldier by Hermann Göring

    Nazi Party Labor Day 1934 pin, likely given to Lieutenant Jack Wheelis by Herman Göring during his imprisonment at Nuremberg from 1945-1946. Labor Day (also known as May Day) takes place on May 1 to celebrate laborers and the working classes. In April 1933, after the Nazi party took control of the German government, May 1 was appropriated as the “Day of National Work,” with all celebrations organized by the government. On May 2, the Nazi party banned all independent trade-unions, bringing them under state control of the German Labor Front. Soon after the defeat of Nazi Germany in May 1945,...

  5. War Crimes Commission: Concentration Camps

    There are breaks between reels. The film begins with titles and affidavits attesting to the authenticity of the film material to follow. A quote from Robert Jackson is followed by affidavits from George Stevens and E. R. Kellogg. Both affidavits are shown on the screen as they are read aloud. An animated maps shows the locations of the largest prison and concentration camps in Germany and occupied Europe. 01:04:27 Title on screen: "Leipzig Concentration Camp" [Leipzig-Thekla, a sub-camp of Buchenwald]. Long shots of the camp while the narrator tells of the political prisoners who were burne...

  6. Plaid handkerchief monogrammed HG given by Hermann Goering to an American guard at Nuremberg

    1. Herbert C. Durkee collection

    Handkerchief embroidered HG and given by Hermann Goering to Herbert C. Durkee, an American guard at the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg, Germany, between August 1945 and January 1946. Herbert guarded Goering and helped him control his drug dependency to paracodeine. Goering gave Durkee the handkerchief, one of his last personal possessions, in appreciation of Durkee’s kindness. During the war, 2nd Lt. Durkee was a platoon officer in a field artillery unit and fought in France. The war ended when Germany surrendered on May 7, 1945. In August, 1st Lt. Durkee was transferred to se...

  7. Courtroom portraits of Rudolph Hess and Wilhelm Keitel created during the Trial of German Major War Criminals at Nuremberg

    1. Edward Vebell collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn521704
    • English
    • overall: Height: 18.000 inches (45.72 cm) | Width: 14.000 inches (35.56 cm) pictorial area: Height: 11.375 inches (28.893 cm) | Width: 8.250 inches (20.955 cm)

    Portrait studies of Rudolph Hess and Wilhelm Keitel, German defendants, created by 24 year-old Edward Vebell, illustrator and US soldier, from the press gallery during the first months of the 1945 Trial of German Major War Criminals before the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg, Germany. Ed sat in the gallery for three days and used field glasses to capture the details of the defendant's faces. He had no water, so he had to use spit to create the halftones that add detail and nuance. Ed did 90% of his drawing in the courtroom, seeking to bring intimacy to the historical proceeding...

  8. Engraved wooden box presented to a Lieutenant General of the SS by his troops

    1. Friedrich Wilhelm Krüger collection

    Engraved commemorative box presented to SS Obergruppenführer [Lieutenant general of the SS] Friedrich Wilhelm Krüger by the troops of the 5th Mountain Corps in German-occupied Yugoslavia, which he commanded from August 1944 to February 1945. The box was used to hold Waffen-SS labeled photographs of the region where Krüger’s troops had served. From October 1939 to October1943, Krüger served as Höherer SS und Polizeiführer [Supreme SS and Police Leader] for the Generalgouvernement in occupied Poland, where he carried out Heinrich Himmler’s killing operations for Jews in the region. In 1943, K...

  9. Nuremberg: War Crimes Trial (IMT) - Soviet compilation

    Russian film produced by the Central Studio of Documentary Films in Moscow about the War Crimes Trial (IMT) in Nuremberg. Reel 4 begins with archival footage of Warsaw bombardment: Goering pointing to a map, quickly cutting to an aerial LS of a descending German plane cuts to an aerial shot depicting bombs dropping past lens. CU Goering in courtroom. Montage of archival footage depicting German soldiers entering Paris, often smiling at the camera intercut with MS of French prosecutor addressing court. MS British Prosecutor Hartley Shawcross. Montage of footage of German U-boats under Doenit...

  10. U.S. Army tailor made, short waisted officer's jacket worn by a Signal Corps photographer for the war crimes trials

    1. Ray D'Addario collection

    Modified officer's olive drab uniform jacket with civilian lapel patches worn by Ray D'Addario, a US Army Signal Corps and then contract photographer at the postwar trials of war criminals held by the International Military Tribunal (IMT) in Germany. The jacket was specially tailored for Ray and the short waist and action pleats provided greater mobility and ease of movement when the arms were extended to photograph. The previous standard hip-length officer's jacket was not suitable for combat. In 1943, a shorter jacket, known as the Eisenhower jacket, was issued. Many soldiers had their ja...

  11. Nazi crimes: early gassing; corpses; camp atrocities; forced labor; Nuremberg Trial proceedings

    Part 3 of GERMAN language version [corresponds to NARA reels 5 & 6] Includes extra shot of nurses and Mogilev gassing. Courtroom scene, Russian prosecutor Gen. Rudenko at podium, Gen. Erwin Lahousen in witness stand. Narrator quotes Lahousen speaking about Canaris and Hans Frank describing Nazi policies and methods for exterminating Poles and others. Goering, Hitler, and other Nazi officials in a meeting. Pan, hut with thatched roof. CU pipes from a German police car bearing a license plate POL-28545 and a German police truck with license POL-51628 (as well as military unit markings: 7 ...

  12. Nazi crimes: early gassing; corpses; camp atrocities; forced labor; Nuremberg Trial proceedings

    Part 3 of ENGLISH language version [corresponds to NARA reels 5 & 6] Excludes extra shot of nurses and Mogilev gassing. Courtroom scene, Russian prosecutor Gen. Rudenko at podium speaking about Canaris and Hans Frank describing Nazi policies and methods for exterminating Poles and others. Goering, Hitler, and other Nazi officials in a meeting. Pan, hut with thatched roof. CU pipes from a German police car bearing a license plate POL-28545 and a German police truck with license POL-51628 (as well as military unit markings: 7 circle-with-flag IX). Apparently metal piping is directed into ...

  13. Portrait studies of defense lawyers created during the Trial of German Major War Criminals at Nuremberg

    1. Edward Vebell collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn521696
    • English
    • overall: Height: 17.250 inches (43.815 cm) | Width: 15.750 inches (40.005 cm) pictorial area: Height: 10.250 inches (26.035 cm) | Width: 9.000 inches (22.86 cm)

    Ink drawings of 5 defense lawyers in their judicial robes created by 24 year-old Edward Vebell, illustrator and US soldier, from the press gallery during the first months of the 1945 Trial of German Major War Criminals before the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg, Germany. Ed sat in the gallery for three days and used field glasses to capture the details of the defendant's faces. He had no water, so he had to use spit to create the halftones that add detail and nuance. Ed did 90% of his drawing in the courtroom, seeking to bring intimacy to the historical proceedings. The sketche...

  14. Drawing of four defense lawyers created during the Trial of German Major War Criminals at Nuremberg

    1. Edward Vebell collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn521699
    • English
    • overall: Height: 15.250 inches (38.735 cm) | Width: 12.250 inches (31.115 cm) pictorial area: Height: 8.375 inches (21.273 cm) | Width: 6.250 inches (15.875 cm)

    Ink drawing of the German defense counsel wearing headsets seated at their table created by 24 year-old Edward Vebell, illustrator and US soldier, from the press gallery during the first months of the 1945 Trial of German Major War Criminals before the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg, Germany. Ed sat in the gallery for three days and used field glasses to capture the details of the defendant's faces. He had no water, so he had to use spit to create the halftones that add detail and nuance. Ed did 90% of his drawing in the courtroom, seeking to bring intimacy to the historical p...

  15. Courtroom portrait of Sidney Alderman, US prosecution team, created during the Trial of German Major War Criminals at Nuremberg

    1. Edward Vebell collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn521703
    • English
    • overall: Height: 18.000 inches (45.72 cm) | Width: 18.000 inches (45.72 cm) pictorial area: Height: 11.250 inches (28.575 cm) | Width: 9.625 inches (24.448 cm)

    Ink drawing of Sidney Alderman, US prosecutor, created by 24 year-old Edward Vebell, illustrator and US soldier, from the press gallery during the first months of the 1945 Trial of German Major War Criminals before the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg, Germany. Ed sat in the gallery for three days and used field glasses to capture the details of the defendant's faces. He had no water, so he had to use spit to create the halftones that add detail and nuance. Ed did 90% of his drawing in the courtroom, seeking to bring intimacy to the historical proceedings. The sketches were publ...

  16. Courtroom sketch of 2 German Admirals created during the Trial of German Major War Criminals at Nuremberg

    1. Edward Vebell collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn521698
    • English
    • overall: Height: 14.500 inches (36.83 cm) | Width: 16.250 inches (41.275 cm) pictorial area: Height: 7.000 inches (17.78 cm) | Width: 9.500 inches (24.13 cm)

    Drawing of German Admirals Dönitz and Raeder conversing created by 24 year-old Edward Vebell, illustrator and US soldier, from the press gallery during the first months of the 1945 Trial of German Major War Criminals before the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg, Germany. Ed sat in the gallery for three days and used field glasses to capture the details of the defendant's faces. He had no water, so he had to use spit to create the halftones that add detail and nuance. Ed did 90% of his drawing in the courtroom, seeking to bring intimacy to the historical proceedings. The sketches ...

  17. Drawing of a group of German defendants in their seats created during the Trial of German Major War Criminals at Nuremberg

    1. Edward Vebell collection

    Ink drawing of the German defendants, including Goering, Hess, von Ribbentrop, and Keitel created by 24 year-old Edward Vebell, illustrator and US soldier, from the press gallery during the first months of the 1945 Trial of German Major War Criminals before the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg, Germany. Ed sat in the gallery for three days and used field glasses to capture the details of the defendant's faces. He had no water, so he had to use spit to create the halftones that add detail and nuance. Ed did 90% of his drawing in the courtroom, seeking to bring intimacy to the his...

  18. Drawing of courtroom observers created during the Trial of German Major War Criminals at Nuremberg

    1. Edward Vebell collection

    Drawing of courtroom observers, two in military uniforms with CMP patches, created by 24 year-old Edward Vebell, illustrator and US soldier, from the press gallery during the first months of the 1945 Trial of German Major War Criminals before the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg, Germany. Ed sat in the gallery for three days and used field glasses to capture the details of the defendant's faces. He had no water, so he had to use spit to create the halftones that add detail and nuance. Ed did 90% of his drawing in the courtroom, seeking to bring intimacy to the historical proceed...

  19. Portrait of a military courier created during the Trial of German Major War Criminals at Nuremberg

    1. Edward Vebell collection

    Ink drawing of a British military courier created by 24 year-old Edward Vebell, illustrator and US soldier, from the press gallery during the first months of the 1945 Trial of German Major War Criminals before the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg, Germany. Ed sat in the gallery for three days and used field glasses to capture the details of the defendant's faces. He had no water, so he had to use spit to create the halftones that add detail and nuance. Ed did 90% of his drawing in the courtroom, seeking to bring intimacy to the historical proceedings. The sketches were published...

  20. Great Rebirth of Germany Book with stereoscopic glasses and photos celebrating the Anschluss

    1. Abraham Saifer collection

    Propaganda book containing stereo-optic glasses and 120 double imaged photographs to be viewed with the glasses. The book and photographs deal with Hitler's conquest of Austria; text written by Karl Bartz, forward by Hermann Goerring and photographs taken by Heinrich Hoffman; published by the NSDAP.