Justice Jackson Delivering the Opening Statement at Nuremberg
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Date
November 21, 1945
Description
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court and chief prosecutor, Robert H. Jackson delivering the opening statement at the Nuremberg Trials. At Nuremberg, 24 prominent Nazi leaders (including Göring, Hess, and Speer) and 7 organizations (including the Gestapo, SS, and Stormtroopers) were tried for crimes against peace, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. The tribunal ran from November 20, 1945 to October 1, 1946.
Type
Photograph
Region
Global
Era
The Great Depression and WW II, Postwar United States
Topic
Genocide, Global History and Geography, Jewish History, World War II
Repository
Source
Courtesy of the US Army Signal Corps. Katherine Fite Lincoln Papers, Harry S. Truman Library & Museum. Accessed at National WWII Museum: https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/robert-jackson-opening-statement-nuremberg
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