Nuremberg trials
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The Nuremberg trials were international criminal trials held by France, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, and the United States against leaders of defeated Nazi Germany for plotting and carrying o
Judges' bench at the Palace of Justice, Nuremberg
Jews arriving at Auschwitz concentration camp, 1944. According to legal historian Kirsten Sellars, the extermination camps "formed the moral core of the Allies' case against the Nazi leaders".
Aron Trainin (center, with moustache) speaks at the London Conference.
Aerial view of the Palace of Justice in 1945, with the prison attached behind it
Hermann Göring
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Hermann Wilhelm Göring was a German politician, aviator, military commander, and convicted war criminal. He was one of the most powerful figures in the Nazi Party, which controlled Germany from 1933 t
Nuremberg trials
…were skeptical of prosecuting economic leaders, the French had a strong interest in highlighting German economic imperialism. The military leaders were Hermann Göring—the most infamous surviving Nazi and the main target of the trial—Wilhelm Keitel, Alfred Jodl, Erich Raeder, and Karl Dönitz. Also on trial were…
Göring at the Nuremberg trials, c. 1946
Göring in 1907, at age 14
Göring with the Pour le Mérite and several awards
Göring in 1918 as commander of Jagdgeschwader 1 beside his Fokker D VII (F) 5125/18. He holds a walking stick Geschwader Stock that had been owned by Manfred von Richthofen.