War crime trials

Exterior view of the Palace of Justice, Nuremberg, Germany, site of the Nuremberg Trials.

Military Tribunal 5, Case 12, Nuremberg, Germany: Brigadier General Telford Taylor (Chief of Counsel) seated, front center, with members of the prosecution counsel and assistant secretaries general. (See Volume 10 of the trials of war criminals before the Nuremberg Military Tribunals).

Exterior view of the Palace of Justice, Nuremberg, Germany, site of the Nuremberg Trials.

Unidentified Japanese soldier beheads a civilian with other unidentified individuals as witness. Photographs used as evidence in war crimes trials for the Japanese held in Manila, Philippines. Donor: John Paxton.

Unidentified war correspondents and civilian newsmen read the testimonies given in closed sessions of the Japanese war crimes trials in Manila, Philippines. These statements were given by women who were mistreated by the Japanese. Donor: John Paxton.

Japanese General Tomoyuki Yamashita (back right) and his unidentified interpreter (back left) stand behind General Yamashita's defense counsels (L to R) Colonel H. F. Clarke, Captain M. Sandberg, and Captain A. F. Reel. General Yamashita is on trial in Manila, Philippines, for war crimes committed by the Japanese during World War II. Donor: John Paxton

Japanese General Masaharu Homma and his defense counsels. Pictured (L to R) Seated at Table: Captain George W. Ott, Lieutenant Leonard Nataupsky, Major John H. Skeen, Jr., (chief defense counsel, Japanese General Masaharu Homma, Captain Frank Coder. Standing (L to R) Lieutenant Haig Kantarian, Captain George A. Furness, Lieutenant Robert L. Pelz, and Lieutenant Robert Polaski. Donor: John Paxton

General Tomoyuki Yamashita is escorted out of courtroom by unidentified military police officer after hearing the sentence of death by hanging at the end of his trial for war crimes in Manila, Philippines. Donor: John Paxton

A United States Army sergeant demonstrates to the court how the Japanese made American troops kneel when captured on Corregidor. This testimony took place during the trial of Japanese war criminals in Manila, Philippines. Donor: John Paxton

Fujiko Homma, the wife of Japanese general Masaharu Homma, stands with her husband's attorney, Major John H. Skeen, Jr., outside the High Commissioner's residence in Manila, Philippines. Her husband is on trial for war crimes committed by the Japanese during World War II. Donor: John Paxton