War crimes

The Justices of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East at the War Ministry Building in Tokyo, Japan. This includes a duplicate photo and negative. From: Scrapbook presented Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan on the occasion of his visit to General Headquarters U. S. Army Forces, Pacific, in Tokyo, Japan, July, 1946.

Allied troops stand around the edge of an open mass grave. All are unidentified.

Joseph Stalin with representatives of the Polish exiled government at time of pact pledging mutual support. Two years later the Soviet Union broke relations with the exiled leaders when they pressed for an investigation into the Katyn Forest incident. From: Photos used in the 1984 Truman Centennial Exhibit.

Solemn reburial of the remnants of over four thousand Polish Army Staff Officers whose bodies have been discovered executed (shot in the back of the neck) in a dense forest near the Polish village of Katyn. Polish priest (center, dark robe) celebrates. Villagers herded up to witness. German propaganda staff and foreign correspondents are in background. Responsibility still not definitely established. Both opponents accused each other. From: Photos used in the 1984 Truman Centennial Exhibit.

Accused war criminal General Yamashita (left center) enters the High Commissioner's Residence near Manila, Philippines, where the war crime trial will be held. Major Aubrey S. Kenworthy (right center) walks General Yamashita through a Military Police guard detail shorty before arraignment. All others are unidentified. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

Accused war criminal General Yamashita (with arrow above him) at his arraignment at the High Commissioners Residence near Manila, Philippines. Others in the photo are unidentified. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

Colonel Walsh (left) and Brother Jose Marjabacas (right) look at the remains of the Father Superior of the Philippines. The Father Superior was shot by the Japanese while trying to escape from a tomb in which a number of priests and sisters were held. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

Accused war criminal General Tomoyuki Yamashita (center) confers with his defense staff of United States Army Officers through an interpreter during his arraignment before an American Military Commission in Manila. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

Unidentified Japanese soldier beheads a civilian with other unidentified individuals as witness. Photographs used as evidence in war crimes trials for the Japanese held in Manila, Philippines. Donor: John Paxton.