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

Judges of the International Military Tribunal confer as War Crimes Trials open at Nuremberg, Germany. Passing a word with each other during the reading of the indictment are (center left) Lord Justice Geoffrey Lawrence, presiding Judge of Britain, and (center right) former United States Attorney General Francis Biddle.

French soldiers perform the duties of the guard of honor at the main entrance to the Palace of Justice, Nuremberg, Germany, where the War Crimes Trials take place. Allied soldiers are employed in this and other activities during the trials of Nazi war criminals.

Sir David Maxwell Fyfe, Attorney General of the United Kingdom, and Justice Robert H. Jackson, U.S. representative and Chief of Counsel for the prosecution of the major European Axis war criminals, examine facilities at the Nuremberg Court House, Germany.

The War Crimes trials of 20 or more former Nazi leaders is shown in progress in a courtroom at the Palace of Justice, Nuremberg, Germany, before an International Military Tribunal. On the left is a member of the prosecution team reading the indictment. The defendants are seated in two rows on the right with their counsel at tables in front of them and the American military police standing guard to the rear. Lt. Chestnut stands by mike console at right rear.

The war crimes trial of 20 or more former Nazi leaders is shown in progress in a courtroom at the Palace of Justice, Nuremberg, Germany, before the International Military Tribunal. In the background on the left are members of the press with the prosecution staff seated at tables directly in front of them. In the left foreground a member of the prosecution reads the indictment. The defendants are seated in two rows on the right with their counsel at tables in front of them and the American military police standing guard to the rear.

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.

Justice Robert H. Jackson gestures with his left hand as he delivers the prosecution's opening statement before a packed courtroom at the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg, Germany, where high-ranking ex-Nazi officials will be tried for war crimes. (Same as 65-3315 except not cropped)

Justice Robert Jackson (first row, third from the right) and members of his prosecution team sit behind a table at an unknown location in Nuremberg, Germany, where high-ranking ex-Nazi officials are to be tried for war crimes. The photo is autographed by Robert H. Jackson (same as 72-822 except that photograph is not cropped and autographed)

View of the prison exercise yard at Nuremberg, Germany. Former high-ranking officials of the Nazi gang take their constitutional under the watchful eyes and guns of G.I. guards while awaiting trial before the International Military Tribunal. The prison appears in the background.

View of a cell block adjoining the Nuremberg Courthouse (Palace of Justice), Germany.