Maxwell-Fyfe's summation at Nuremberg Trial

Identifier
irn1002414
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2001.358.1
  • RG-60.2984
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
  • United States. Army. Signal Corps. (Producer)

Scope and Content

(Munich 386) War Crimes Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, August 30, 1946. HAS, MSs, British prosecutor Sir David Maxwell-Fyfe, in summing up, tells of Germany in its entirety being dominated by National Socialism. "While Germany is not on trial, the proceedings in this court are to give the German people a chance to rehabilitate themselves...." Maxwell-Fyfe tells of the Nazi leaders knowing and condoning murder of Jewish civilians. LS, Maxwell-Fyfe walking away from speaker's stand after his summation.

Subjects

  • TRIALS
  • MAXWELL-FYFE, DAVID
  • PROSECUTORS
  • WAR CRIMINALS/WAR CRIMES TRIALS
  • ATROCITIES
  • NAZI OFFICIALS
  • GERMANY
  • NUREMBERG (INTERNATIONAL MILITARY TRIBUNAL)
  • COURTS/COURTROOMS
  • NAZI PARTY
  • JEWS

Places

  • Nuremberg, Germany

Genre

  • Film
  • Unedited.
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