The Trials at Nuremburg

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The Trials at Nuremburg

November 20, 1945:

The beginning of the Nuremberg trial of Nazi War Criminals

The opening day of the Nuremberg trail of Nazi War Criminals began on November 20, 1945. Lord Justice Lawrence, the British president of the international tribunal, oversaw the proceedings against the surviving major leaders of the Third Reich. In his opening statement, he called the trial "Unique in the history of the jurisprudence of the world" (Opening). And thus, the case of the United States, French Republic, United Kingdom, and Soviet Union against Germany was opened in Nuremberg, Germany.

The prisoners appeared in the order of their names in the indictment, and were seated in two rows. The articles went on to describe the prisoners. Goering, (Successor designate to Hitler, Minister of Air force and Commander-in-Chief of Air Force, Plenipotentiary for the Four-Year Plan, Chief of Police in Prussia, Chairman of the Ministerial Council for the Defense of the Reich, and the President of the Reichstag) occupied the right hand corner of the dock, facing the raised judges bench. He looked healthy except for a "heavy sadness" in his eyes (Opening). Admiral Doenitz (Commander-and-Chief U-boats, Commander-and-Chief of German Navy, Gross admiral, and Head of the German State) sat behind him, looking almost inconsequential in his civilian clothes. Rudolf Hess (Deputy to the Fuhrer and successor designate next to Goering, Minister of the Portfolio, and Member of the Ministerial Council for the Defense of the Reich) looked tense. His eyes wandered back and forth across the court when he wasn't reading a novel he had brought. Sometimes Hess spoke with Joachim von Ribbentrop (Ambassador to Great Britain, and Minister for For...

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...e Manchester Guardian, 23 November 1945, Have to go back and get this info.

With Author: L.B. Namier, "The Nuremberg Trial -- History or Law?" The Manchester Guardian, 23 November 1945, Have to go back and get this info.

With Author: Hal Foust, "20 Nazis Make Plea Today to War Tribunal," Chicago Daily Tribune, 21 November 1945, Have to go back and get this info.

With Author: Kathleen McLaughlin, "Allies Open Trial of 20 Top Germans for Crimes of War," The New York Times, 21 November 1945, sec. A, p. 1.

No Author: "Justice Jackson's Indictment of Nazi Leaders," The Manchester Guardian, 30 November 1945, Have to go back and get this info.

Secondary Sources:

Burton C. Andrus, "The Infamous of Nuremberg," Leslie Frewin Publishers, London, 1969.

Peter Calvocoressi, "Nuremberg: The Facts, the Law, and the Consequences," Chatto and Windus, London, 1947.

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