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