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View of a packed courtroom at the Palace of Justice, Nuremberg, Germany, during the war crimes trials

2004-432
Accession Number
2004-432
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White
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NAID 350375628
Related Collection
Lincoln, Katherine Fite Papers
Keywords
Nuremberg Trial of Major German War Criminals, Nuremberg, Germany, 1945-1946
HST Keywords
Nurnberg Trials; Germany - Nurnberg
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U.S. Army Signal Corps

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Description
The war crimes trial of 20 or more former Nazi leaders is shown in progress in a courtroom at the Palace of Justice, Nuremberg, Germany, before the International Military Tribunal. In the background on the left are members of the press with the prosecution staff seated at tables directly in front of them. In the left foreground a member of the prosecution reads the indictment. The defendants are seated in two rows on the right with their counsel at tables in front of them and the American military police standing guard to the rear.
Date(s)
November 1945