Edward Vebell courtroom sketch [LCID: 2005i97a]
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Edward Vebell courtroom sketch

Courtroom sketch drawn during the International Military Tribunal by American artist Edward Vebell. The drawing depicts defendants Rudolf Hess and Wilhelm Keitel, with this accompanying text: "Hess looked very hollow cheeked and thin necked. He seemed to ignore the proceedings and kept his head down, absorbed in a book. Keitel tried to retain a rigid military bearing and strike haughty poses." Nuremberg, Germany, 1945.

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art artists International Military Tribunal trials Rudolf Hess Wilhelm Keitel
  • US Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Sheila C. Johnson

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