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Sidney S. Alderman reads the charging indictment at the Nuremberg war crimes trial

2004-431
Accession Number
2004-431
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White
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NAID 350375626
Related Collection
Lincoln, Katherine Fite Papers
Keywords
Nuremberg Trial of Major German War Criminals, Nuremberg, Germany, 1945-1946
HST Keywords
Nurnberg Trials; Germany - Nurnberg
People Pictured
Alderman, Sidney S. (Sidney Sherrill), b. 1892
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Credit:
U.S. Army Signal Corps

Harry S. Truman Library & Museum.

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Description
In the first session of the International Military Tribunal in the Palace of Justice in Nuremberg, Germany, Sydney S. Alderman (standing) of the U.S. prosecution panel reads the indictment which charges Hitler's former henchmen with war crimes. The photo shows the presiding judges in the background, sitting before the flags of Russia, Great Britain, the United States, and France.
Date(s)
November 20, 1945