Chief prosecutor Benjamin Ferencz presents documents as evidence at the Einsatzgruppen Trial.
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Date
1947 September 29 - 1948 April 10
Description
Chief prosecutor Benjamin Ferencz presents documents as evidence at the Einsatzgruppen Trial in Nuremberg, created to try 24 defendants who were all leaders of the mobile security and killing units of the SS, the Einsatzgruppen. Each of the 24 defendants was charged with three counts of criminality: crimes against humanity, war crimes and membership in organizations declared criminal by the International Military Tribunal. Ferencz is flanked by German defense lawyers, Dr. Friedrich Bergold (right, counsel for Ernst Biberstein) and Dr. Rudolf Aschenauer (left, counsel for Otto Ohlendorf), who are protesting the introduction of the documents as evidence. Both Biberstein and Ohlendorf were sentenced to death, however Biberstein ended up in prison instead, where he remained until his release in 1958.
Type
Photograph
Region
Global
Era
The Great Depression and WW II, Postwar United States
Topic
Global History and Geography, Jewish History, World War II
Repository
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Identifier
9918
Source
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Benjamin Ferencz
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