War criminals

General Sadao Araki stands in front of a pillar. He was a general in the Japanese Imperial Army and found guilty of war crimes at the International Military Tribunal of the Far East. He served a life sentence.

Akira Muto was a Lieutenant General in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. He was convicted of war crimes and sentenced to death by hanging.

General Shunroku Hata was a Gensui in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. He was the last surviving Japanese military officer with a marshal's rank. Hata was convicted of war crimes and sentenced to life imprisonment following the war.

General Iwane Matsui, who was tried during the International Military Tribunal of the Far East in Tokyo, Japan, stands in front of a pillar.

Former President of the Privy Council, Hiranuma Kiichiro stands in front of a pillar. He was a politician and prime minister pre-World War II. He was convicted of war crimes and sentenced to life in prison at the International Military Tribunal of the Far East.

John Brannon, far right, stands next to Elaine Fischel (second from right), and Osami Nagano, third from right. Fourth man is unknown. Brannon was a Defense Counsel at the Japanese War Crimes Trials in Tokyo, Japan after World War II, held before the International Military Tribunal for the Far East. Fischel was legal secretary to John Brannon.

John Brannon, center, was a defense attorney during the War Crimes Trials in Japan. Left, is General Hideki Tojo and right, General Kenryo Sato who were both charged with war crimes during World War II. The photo is inscribed across the lower right: "To Lt. Bernard C. [illegible] who helped put me in between these two guys."

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 German Jewish refugee, Mr. Levy (left, seated) being questioned by Captain D. C. Hill, Assistant Prosecutor about his experiences at the hands of the Japanese in February, 1945. Setting is the war crimes trial of Japanese General Tomoyuki Yamashita held at the High commissioner's residence in Manila, Philippines. Donor: John Paxton

Prisoners' Box at the War Crimes Trials in Tokyo, Japan during the Reparations tour. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-47 (the committee that assessed the reparations the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).