The International Military Tribunal began its work on November 20, 1945. The Allies were against the trial of the Nazi leaders. Churchill and Roosevelt, as well as other prominent statesmen of the West called for dealing with them without trial and investigation. The Soviet leadership sought the organization of an international court over the leaders of fascist Germany. A common language was found far from immediately. But, despite everything, the main thing happened - the Nuremberg trial began.
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At Nuremberg the Soviet side demanded that the list of the accused should include financial and economic figures. And first of all Hjalmar Schacht, the more
At Nuremberg the Soviet side demanded that the list of the accused should include financial and economic figures. And first of all Hjalmar Schacht, the chief banker of the Third Reich, the man who brought Hitler to power, the mastermind behind the German economic miracle of the 1930s. At the same time he took part in the attempted murder of the Führer, was a prisoner of the concentration camp. But can one make money on war and keep one’s hands clean? Kill millions and sleep serenely? close
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The Nuremberg trial was a vowel in the broadest sense of the word. All 403 sessions of the Tribunal were open. Printing, radio, cinema have enabled millions more
The Nuremberg trial was a vowel in the broadest sense of the word. All 403 sessions of the Tribunal were open. Printing, radio, cinema have enabled millions of people around the world to follow the progress of the process. Representatives of the media were allocated most of the seats in the meeting room. The most striking events of the process: the recognition of Hitler’s deputy Rudolf Hess in the simulation of insanity, the unexpected appearance of Field Marshal Paulus, the shocking speech of the Soviet judge Lev Smirnov, the cross-examination of Nazi number 2 by Hermann Goering by the main accusers of the Allies. close
Before the Nuremberg trial began, prosecutors had to make sure that all 22 high-ranking Nazis were sane and able to stand trial. For this, psychiatrists more
Before the Nuremberg trial began, prosecutors had to make sure that all 22 high-ranking Nazis were sane and able to stand trial. For this, psychiatrists were involved, the chief among them is the American doctor Douglas Kelly. The results of the psychiatrist's study were striking. And it completely changed his life. He has left the profession. On January 1, 1958, 12 years after the Nuremberg Trials, Dr. Kelly committed suicide by taking potassium cyanide. In the same way he left the patient Hermann Goering on the eve of his execution, October 15, 1946. close
The Minsk Process (January 1946) The most massive trial of the Nazis in the USSR. 18 German officers appeared before the court, many of them were the more
The Minsk Process (January 1946) The most massive trial of the Nazis in the USSR. 18 German officers appeared before the court, many of them were the closest associates of the Fuehrer. The history of the monstrous operation “Winter Magic” – the Nazis burned and devastated 433 villages, shot, tortured, sent to camps or hijacked thousands of people in Germany. close
At a small exhibition dedicated to the history of military chaplains of the United States, at the Lutheran Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri, you can see more
At a small exhibition dedicated to the history of military chaplains of the United States, at the Lutheran Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri, you can see a very strange letter. It was signed by the highest ranks of the Third Reich: Goering, Frank, Kaltenbrunner, Speer, Keitel, Ribbentrop... All the defendants of the Nuremberg trial — 21 people. The letter is addressed to the ordinary American housewife Alma Gereck, the wife of pastor Henry Gerecke, who was sent to Nuremberg to try to return the accused to the church. Nazi criminals begged the pastor’s wife to let him stay with them until the end. close