The Nuremberg Trials held between 1945 and 1946, were a series of military tribunals that sought justice for the atrocities committed during World War II, particularly by high-ranking Nazi officials. Named after the city in Germany where they took place, the trials were a landmark in international law, establishing principles for prosecuting individuals for crimes against humanity, war crimes, and aggression.
The main trial, often referred to as the International Military Tribunal (IMT), focused on 24 major Nazi leaders, including Hermann Göring, Rudolf Hess, and Joachim von Ribbentrop. They were charged with crimes ranging from conspiracy to commit crimes against peace to the murder of millions in concentration camps.
The Nuremberg Trials set essential precedents for holding individuals accountable for their actions, regardless of their official positions or the orders they received. They also highlighted the importance of documenting and preserving evidence of mass atrocities for future generations.
Ultimately, the trials resulted in several convictions, including 12 death sentences, three life imprisonments, four long-term imprisonments, and three acquittals. While controversial in some respects, the Nuremberg Trials represented a crucial step towards establishing accountability and justice in the wake of one of the darkest chapters in human history.
The anatomy of the Nuremberg trials : a personal memoir by
"The chief American prosecutor at the Nuremberg war crimes trials describes in detail the day-to-day proceedings at the trials and discusses the significance of the trials on the establishment of international law."
Catalogue of Nuremberg documents. by
Government Publication Catalog list of Documents from the Trial.
Final Report to the Secretary of the Army on the Nuernberg War Crimes Trials (ebook) by
Germany (Territory under Allied occupation, 1945-1955 : U.S. Zone). Office of Military Government. Office, Chief of Counsel for War Crimes
Taylor, Telford
United States. Department of the Army
Inside the Nuremberg Trial a prosecutor's comprehensive account by
Inside the Nuremberg Trial is a two volume set that provides the most comprehensive and accessible representation of the trial of the major German war criminals before the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg, Germany following World War II. The author discusses the evidence, the arguments of counsel for both the Prosecution and the Defense, and the judgment of the International Military Tribunal. He covers each stage of the trial from early preparation to the judgment, and concludes with a summary of the legacy of the trial in recent history. Separate parts of the book deal with the presentation of the American, British, French, and Soviet delegations of the Prosecution, and separate chapters discuss the defense of each of the twenty-two defendants and each of the seven accused organizations. In addition, the author deals with the evidence of the persecution of the Jews before World War II through the evidence of the persecution and murder of Jews, Gypsies and others during the war. Separate chapters focus on the murders by the Einsatzgruppen (Special Task Force Group) and the destruction of the Warsaw ghetto.
The Judgement of Nuremberg 1946 by
WWII is over, there is a climate of jubilation and optimism as the Allies look to rebuilding Europe for the future but the perpetrators of Nazi War Crimes have yet to be reckoned with, and the full extent of their atrocities is as yet widely unknown. Today, we have lived with the full knowledge of the extent of Nazi atrocities for over half a century and yet they still retain their power to shock. Imagine what it was like as they were being revealed in the full extent of their horror for the first time. In this book the Judges at the Nuremberg Trials take it in turn to describe the indictments handed down to the defendants and their crimes. The entire history, purpose and method of the Nazi party since its foundation in 1918 is revealed and described in chilling detail.
Nazi Conspiracy and Aggression by
V. 1. Agreement by the United States, France, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union for the prosecution and punishment of the major war criminals of the European Axis. Charter of the International Military Tribunal and protocol of 6 October 1945. International Military Tribunal, indictment no. 1 and statement of reservation filed by U.S. Chief of Counsel. Motions, rulings, and explanatory material relating to certain of the defendants. Opening address for the United States. Organization of the Nazi Party and state. Means used by the Nazi conspirators in gaining control of the German state. Economic aspects of the conspiracy. Launching of wars of aggression. The slave labor program, the illegal use of prisoners of war, and the special responsibility of Sauckel and Speer therefor. Concentration camps. The persecution of the Jews. Germanization and spoliation. The plunder of art treasures --^v. 2. Criminality of groups and organizations. Individual responsibility of defendants --^v. 3.^Document number 001-PS through 1406-PS -- v. 4. Document number 1409-PS through 2373-PS -- v. 5. Document number 2374 through PS-3311-PS -- v. 6. Document number 3313-P-3901-PS. Document number C-2- through C-195. Document number D-39 through D-281 --^v. 7. Document number D-283 through D-786. Document number EC-3 through EC-620. Document number ECH-1 through ECH-24. Document number ECR-14 through ECR-197. Document number L-3 through L-361. Document number M-1 --^v. 8. Document number M-2 through M-158. Document number R-36 through R-150. Document number TC-1 through TC-93. Document number UK-20 through UK-81. Affidavit A through J. Statement I through XV. Chart No. 1 through chart No. 13. Index of documents. Chart No. 14 through 19 --^Suppl. A. Rules of the International Military Tribunal. Closing address for United States of America by Robert H. Jackson, Chief of Counsel. Closing address for United Kingdom, Great Britain and Ireland, by Sir Hartley Shawcross. Closing argument for the provisional government of the French Republic by M. Champetier de Ribes and M. Dubost. Closing argument for the Union of Soviet Socialist Republic by Lt. Gen. R.A. Rudenko --^Closing statement for United States of America on the indicted organizations by Thomas J. Dodd. Closing arguments for United States of American on general staff and high command by Brig. Gen. Telford Taylor -- Suppl. B. The defense case. Pre-trial interrogations. --^Opinion and Judgment. Judgment. Dissenting Opinion. The Sentences.
Nuremberg Diary by
In August 1945 Great Britain, France, the USSR, and the United States established a tribunal at Nuremberg to try military and civilian leaders of the Nazi regime. G. M. Gilbert, the prison psychologist, had an unrivaled firsthand opportunity to watch and question the Nazi war criminals. With scientific dispassion he encouraged Göering, Speer, Hess, Ribbentrop, Frank, Jodl, Keitel, Streicher, and the others to reveal their innermost thoughts. In the process Gilbert exposed what motivated them to create the distorted Aryan utopia and the nightmarish worlds of Auschwitz, Dachau, and Buchenwald. Here are their day-to-day reactions to the trial proceedings; their off-the-record opinions of Hitler, the Third Reich, and each other; their views on slave labor, death camps, and the Jews; their testimony, feuds, and desperate maneuverings to dissociate themselves from the Third Reich's defeat and Nazi guilt. Dr. Gilbert's thorough knowledge of German, deliberately informal approach, and complete freedom of access at all times to the defendants give his spellbinding, chilling study an intimacy and insight that remains unequaled.
The Nuremberg War Crimes Trial of 1945-46 by
"Commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the most important judicial proceeding of the twentieth century, this is the first book to examine historically the indictment of 22 Nazi leaders at the end of World War II. Skillfully weaving text and documents, the author presents the complex trial in its dramatic setting, in its historical context, and in legal perspective. The wide array of 73 primary documents - including journalistic accounts, private reflections, and tribunal transcripts - lets students evaluate first-hand the words of both prosecutors and defendants. Also provided are photographs of the trial, a chronology, brief biographies of the defendants, a selected bibliography, and an index."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Trial of the Major War Criminals before the International Military Tribunal (ebook)Trials of war criminals before the Nuernberg Military Tribunals under Control Council Law No. 10., Nuernberg, October 1946-April 1949. by
v. 1. Case 1: U.S. v. Brandt (Medical case) -- v. 2. Case 1: U.S. v. Brandt (cont.) Case 2. U.S. v. Milch (Milch case) -- v. 3. Case 3: U.S. v. Alstoetter (Justice case) -- v. 4. Case 9: U.S. v. Ohlendorf (Einsatzgruppen case) Case 8: U.S. v. Greifelt (RuSHA case) -- v. 5. Case 8: U.S. v. Greifelt (cont.) Case 4: U.S. v. Pohl (Pohl case) -- v. 6. Case 5: U.S. v. Flick (Flick case) -- v. 7-8. Case 6: U.S. v. Krauch (I.G. Farben case) -- v. 9. Case 10: U.S. v. Krupp (Krupp case) -- v. 10. Case 12: U.S. v. von Leeb (High Command case) -- v. 11. Case 12 : U.S. v. von Leeb (cont.) Case 7: U.S. v. List (Hostage case) -- v. 12-14. Case 11: U.S. v. von Weizsaecker (Ministries case) -- v. 15. Procedures, practice and administration.
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