Archives of the Nuremberg International Military Tribunal

Identifier
irn709761
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Acquisition

The archives of the Nuremberg International Military Tribunal were entrusted to the International Court of Justice by a decision of the Tribunal on October 1, 1946. The archives were transported to the Peace Palace, where representatives of the Tribunal and the staff of the Court took delivery of them on March 14, 1950. The Nuremberg Archives consist of the films presented as evidence during the trial, written documents, and gramophone disc recordings of the hearings. The UN, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, and the Memorial de la Shoah, cooperatively digitized the film, audio, and microfilm components of the Nuremberg Archives in an agreement signed in July 2017. The digital transfers from 35mm nitrate motion picture film were received in June 2018. The 4,370 digital transfers from the original 16" Aluminum Presto Instantaneous Discs were received in two batches (December 2018 and September 2019). The digitized documents were received in October 2019.

Scope and Content

Digital copies of the audio, film, and paper components of the Archives of the International Military Tribunal of Nuremberg. The original materials include: 1,942 cut gramophone discs of audio recordings of the hearings of the IMT; 37 rolls of 35mm nitrate films used as evidence during the trial; and 269,093 pages of documents (exhibits submitted to the Tribunal; trial briefs; minutes; lists).

Genre

  • Collection
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