Sound recordings of the Trial of the Major War Criminals Before the International Military Tribunal (Set B)

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Day 1 - Tuesday, November 20, 1945 - Lord Justice Lawrence opens the session. Sidney Alderman (US) reads the indictment. Pierre Mounier (FR) and Charles Gerthoffer (FR) continue reading the indictment. Capt. V. V. Kuchin (USSR) continues reading the indictment. The British delegation reads the appendices.

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Day 2 - Wednesday, November 21, 1945 - Lord Justice Lawrence confers with German defense counsel, Dr. Dix and Rosenberg's attorney, Dr. Ralph Thoma. The defendants plead "guilty" or "not guilty." Justice Robert H. Jackson (US) presents the opening statement.

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Day 3 - Thursday, November 22, 1945 - Justice Jackson opens the session. Mr. Albrecht presents charts of the Nazi Partry and the Reich Governemnt. Major Frank Wallis presents documents of the case known as the Common Plan.

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Day 4 - Friday, November 23, 1945 - Session opens with Dr. Otto Nelte (Counsel for Defendant Keitel). Major Frank Wallis reads documents of the case known as the Common Plan. Dr. Alfred Seidl (Counsel for Defendant Frank) presents an objection and asks the proceedings be postponed. Col. Storey states that documentation will be provided to the Court and the Defense Counsel. Dr. Robert Servatius (Counsel for Defendant Sauckel) makes a motion to obtain documents. Mr. Thomas J. Dodd (Executive Trial Counsel for the United States) presents the economic preparation for aggressive war. Mr. Alderma...

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Day 5 - Monday, November 26, 1945 - Dr. Fritz Sauter (Counsel for Defendant Von Ribbentrop) opens the session. Justice Jackson discusses the production and use of documents in the German language. Mr. Alderman presents on the case of aggressive war.

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Day 6 - Tuesday, November 27, 1945 - Justice Jackson opens the session. Mr. Alderman presents on the case of aggressive war.

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Day 7 - Wednesday, November 28, 1945 - Alderman presents on the case of aggressive war.

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Day 8 - Thursday, November 29, 1945 - Alderman presents on the case of aggressive war. Dodd presents film on evidence of Nazi atrocities within concentration camps.

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Day 9 - Friday, November 30, 1945 - Colonel John Amen argues with the German defense council over whether to call witness Erwin von Lahousen to the stand, with von Lahousen eventually being allowed to testify. Col. Amen interrogates von Lahousen. The Russian prosecutor, Roman Rudenko, begins to interrogate von Lahousen. As Rodenko is asking “Of course in Poland. Well, sabotage and what else?”, audio skips to Dr. Gunther von Rohrscheidt speaking as counsel for Rudolf Hess, speaking towards his mental state. Tribunal begins to ask counsel questions. Trial adjourns with a statement by Hess, st...

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Day 10 - Saturday, December 1, 1945 - Tribunal decides that Rudolf Hess is competent enough to stand trial. Prosecution continues to question

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Day 11 - Monday, December 3, 1945 - Sidney J. Alderman, Prosecutor from the United States, begins to outline Nazi aggression in Czechoslovakia. This takes up almost the entirety of the day, save for a brief moment when Dr. Otto Stahmer, representing the German defense, objects to the use of an affidavit written by Gottlob Berger, a motion which is upheld by the tribunal. Alderman discusses the circumstances around the German occupation of Czechoslovakia, such as the Nazi’s ultimate goal of occupying all of Czechoslovakia, not just the Sudetenland, and Fall Grün, the planned German invasion ...

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Day 12 - Tuesday, December 4, 1945 - Hartley Shawcross, chief prosecutor for the British, speaks about German plans for the invasion of Poland, Germany’s eventual annexation of Poland and Danzig (note that Soviet involvement in the invasion is never mentioned), as well as the eventual German invasion of the majority of Europe and Operation Barbarossa. Towards the end of the day, Sidney Alderman is given the chance to finish his statement made the day before, which he does.

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Day 13 - Wednesday, December 5, 1945 - Sidney Alderman continues from where he left off the previous day, mentioning how the German annexation of Czechoslovakia violated certain parts of the Treaty of Versailles, as well as Germany’s intent to make the area “Lebensraum”. Sir David Maxwell Fyfe, lead prosecutor for the British, goes over the various treaties that Germany broke, specifically the sections of the Treaty of Versailles it violated. J.M.G. Griffith, Junior Counsel for Britain, begins to describe the development of plans to attack Poland and to a lesser extent Britain.

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Day 14 - Thursday, December 6, 1945. Justice Jackson and Justice Lawrence and Col. Griffith-Jones make the case of aggression in Poland and Czechoslovakia. Col. Griffith-Jones focuses on Danzig and continues on aggression in Poland. German defense counsel, Justice Lawrence, and Col. Griffith-Jones continue to cover the Nazi aggression against Poland. Col. Griffith-Jones and Maj. Elwyn Jones move on to Denmark and Norway.

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Day 15 - Friday, December 7, 1945. Maj. E Jones on aggression against Norway and Denmark. Mr. Roberts speaking on aggressions against Belgium, Holland, and Luxembourg. Col. Philmore on Greece and Yugoslavia. Mr. Alderman on aggression against the U.S. and USSR.

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Day 16 - Monday, December 10, 1945. Col. Philmore continues on aggression against the U.S. and USSR, with questions from Justice Lawrence and the German defense counsel.

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Day 17 - Tuesday, December 11, 1945. Lt. Commander James Donovan introduces and screens the film “Nazi Plan. Film about the preparation for aggressive war presented. Mr. Dodd speaking on forced labor.

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Day 18 - Wednesday, December 12, 1945. German defense counsel, Justice Lawrence and Mr. Dodd continue on forced labor and living conditions.

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Day 19 - Thursday, December 13, 1945. Mr. Dodd continues the case on slave labor and conditions in Nazi concentration camps. Maj. Walsh makes the case on the persecution of Jews and presents a film concerning Jews. The German defense counsel for Rosenberg comments.

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Day 20 - Friday, December 14, 1945. More on the persecution of Jews, including statements by the German defense counsel for Kaltenbrunner, Justice Jackson, Gen. Rudenko, and the British and French prosecution teams. Maj. Walsh continues the case on the persecution of Jews and presents a film. Capt. Harris makes the case for the persecution of Poles and Czechs.