Media Essay
Who Tried the Case? - Photograph
Robert H. Jackson
US Chief Prosecuter Robert H. Jackson, pictured at the time of the International Military Tribunal (1945–1946). In 1941, Jackson had been appointed to the US Supreme Court. Justice Jackson took a leave of absence from the court in 1945 to serve as chief US war crimes prosecutor at the Nuremberg trials of former German leaders. He returned to the Supreme Court in 1946.
Item ViewOpening speech of the US prosecution at the International Military Tribunal
US Chief Prosecutor Robert H. Jackson delivers the opening speech of the American prosecution at the International Military Tribunal. Nuremberg, Germany. November 21, 1945.
Item ViewThe Soviet prosecution team at the International Military Tribunal
The Soviet prosecution team at the International Military Tribunal. Each of the four Allied countries—the United States, Great Britain, France, and the Soviet Union—was represented by a judge and a team of prosecuting attorneys.
Item ViewThe chief Soviet prosecutor, General R.A. Rudenko.
The chief Soviet prosecutor, General R.A. Rudenko.
Item ViewMembers of the French prosecution team at Nuremberg
The French prosecution table at the International Military Tribunal trial of war criminals at Nuremberg.
Item ViewColonel Robert G. Storey at the International Military Tribunal
In the International Military Tribunal courtroom, executive trial counsel Colonel Robert G. Storey presents evidence of Nazi intentions to launch an aggressive war.
Item ViewAn American prosecutor at Nuremberg
Lieutenant Commander Harris, American prosecutor at the commission hearings investigating indicted Nazi organizations. Nuremberg, Germany, July 1946.
Item ViewBritish prosecutor Lieutenant Colonel Mervyn Griffith-Jones
Portrait of Lieutenant Colonel Mervyn Griffith-Jones, British prosecutor at the IMT Nuremberg commission hearings investigating indicted Nazi organizations.
Item View