Hess, Rudolf, 1894-1987

Chief Nazi war criminals, Hermann Goering, Rudolph Hess, and Joachim Von Ribbentrop, confer with a member of the defense counsel as the Russian prosecution nears the conclusion of its evidence before the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg, Germany.

A large chart showing Nazi "Chain of Command" (in the background at left) was displayed during the afternoon of the third day of the Nuremberg War Crimes Trials in Germany. At the same session, Major Frank B. Wallis (standing at desk near center), a member of trial counsel and trial preparation legal staff, presents further items of the prosecution's case. Defendants Hermann Goering (first in box at left), Rudolph Hess, and Joachim von Ribbentrop are visible in the defendants' box.

Joachim von Ribbentrop (second from right in front row of prisoner's dock, facing forward) confers with his attorney during a 15-minute break in the War Crimes Trials proceedings in Nuremberg, Germany. Others, left to right (front row of dock) are: Hermann Goering, Rudolph Hess, Wilhelm Keitel, Wilhelm Frick, and Julius Streicher; and (rear row) Erich Raeder, Baldur von Schirach, Fritz Sauckel, and Alfred Rosenberg.

In the War Crimes Trials of Nazi leaders at Nuremberg, Germany, before the International Military Tribunal, the prosecution charges the defendants with conspiring to destroy the independence of other nations. Hermann Goering, seated in the extreme left of the defendants' box with his chin in his hand, listens as does Joachim von Ribbentrop, third from the left, who was active in framing Nazi pre-war policy.

Defendants at the war crimes trials held before the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg, Germany, occupy two rows of the courtroom, with American military police standing behind them and their counsel occupying the box in front.

The prisoners during recess at the Nuremberg War Crimes Trials. The two men in the center are (from left to right) Rudolf Hess and Joachim von Ribbentrop. Donor: Robert Jackson.

Rudolf Hess and Joachim von Ribbentrop (front row, left to right) at the Nuremberg War Crimes Trials. Donor: Robert Jackson.

The Dock at the Nuremberg War Crimes Trials. Front row, left to right: Hermann Goering, Rudolf Hess, Jochaim von Ribbentrop, Wilhelm Keitel, Ernst Kaltenbrunner. Second row, left to right: Karl Donitz, Erich Raeder, Baldur von Schirach, Fritz Sauckel. Donor: Robert Jackson.

The Dock at the Nuremberg War Crimes Trials. Front row, left to right: Hermann Goering, Rudolf Hess, Jochaim von Ribbentrop, Wilhelm Keitel. Second row, left to right: Karl Donitz, Erich Raeder, Baldur von Schirach, Fritz Sauckel. Donor: Robert Jackson.