Judgment at Nuremberg Trial
Creator(s)
- United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
- United States. Army. Signal Corps. (Producer)
Scope and Content
Sentencing of Nazi Leaders at Nuremberg, Nuremberg, Germany, October 1946. Justice Sir Geoffrey Lawrence tells of Robert Ley committing suicide and Alfred Krupp unable to attend trial for his physical and mental condition (similar to Story 2611 but from a different perspective). Jackson gives summary of what prosecution claims and demands. French Justices Henri de Vabres and Robert Falco reading statements from bench. [The sound is partly gone, sketchy, four totally different scenes, partly in French before Biddle explains the Charter.] MS of Justice Francis Biddle speaking of the Nuremberg Charter. Justice John J Parker continues reading the judgment about the aggressiveness of the war and the total disregard for humanitarian law on the part of Germany. Russian Judge continues reading the judgment in Russian.
Subjects
- LEY, ROBERT
- WAR CRIMINALS/WAR CRIMES TRIALS
- COURTS/COURTROOMS
- NUREMBERG (INTERNATIONAL MILITARY TRIBUNAL)
- TRIALS
- JUDGES
- GERMANY
Places
- Nuremberg, Germany
Genre
- Film
- Unedited.