Nuremberg Trial of Major German War Criminals, Nuremberg, Germany, 1945-1946

Katherine B. Fite (Lincoln) and Justice Robert H. Jackson are shown seated together at an ornate desk. Although not specifically indicated, the picture was probably taken during the Nuremberg War Crimes Trials. It is autographed: Best wishes to Katherine B. Fite from Robert H. Jackson

Interior view of the Opera House, Nuremberg, Germany, with a soldier standing in center balcony.

A view of destroyed and collapsed buildings looking down a street in Nuremberg, Germany, taken at the time of the Nuremberg Trials.

Portrait of Hermann Goering in his cell in Nuremberg, Germany, awaiting trial for war crimes before the International Military Tribunal.

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.

Colonel Leonard Wheeler, Jr., of Cambridge, Massachusetts, speaks for the prosecution at the Nuremberg War Crimes Trials. He is in charge of religious affairs relating to the court proceedings.

Major Warren Farr, United States Army, member of the staff of the Office of the Chief Counsel at the International Military Tribunal, Nuremberg, Germany, gives evidence against the SS. This is the first time he appeared at the trial.

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.

The prosecution adds to the evidence on the third day of the Nuremberg War Crimes Trials in Germany. Major Frank B. Wallis, standing in the foreground, a member of the panel of trial counsel and trial preparation staff, presents further documents to be added to the already large number of documentary evidence submitted to the International Military Tribunal judging former Nazi leaders.

Ernst Kaltenbrunner (front row fifth man from the left), former deputy to Gestapo-head Himmler, is among the accused at the war crimes trials, which brings the number to 21. He was absent from the courtroom at the opening due to a cranial hemorrhage which sent him to the hospital.