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Top Nazi leaders on trial in the Palace of Justice courtroom at Nuremberg, Germany

2004-440 (untitled)
Accession Number
2004-440
3.5x4.5 inches
Black & White
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Related Collection
Lincoln, Katherine Fite Papers
Keywords
Nuremberg Trial of Major German War Criminals, Nuremberg, Germany, 1945-1946
Soldiers
HST Keywords
Nurnberg Trials - Germany; Germany - Nurnberg
People Pictured
Donitz, Karl, 1891-1980
Goring, Hermann, 1893-1946
Hess, Rudolf, 1894-1987
Raeder, Erich, 1876-1960
Ribbentrop, Joachim von, 1893-1946
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U.S. Army Signal Corps

Harry S. Truman Library & Museum.

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Description
Top Nazi leaders, on trial before an International Military Tribunal in the Palace of Justice, Nuremberg, Germany, showed intense interest as prosecutors began introducing documents on the third day of the trials. Hermann Goering (front row left in the box) takes notes, and Rudolph Hess (second from left) watches the proceedings intently. Next to Hess is former foreign minister Joachim von Ribbentrop. Left to right in the back row are Admirals Karl Donitz and Erich Raeder.
Date(s)
November 22, 1945