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![A German soldier stands on a toppled Polish monument. [LCID: 50312]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/thumb/990220ca-6769-4e5c-882b-0fab59a7c142.jpg)
![The defendants rise as the judges enter the courtroom at the International Military Tribunal trial of war criminals at Nuremberg. [LCID: 03548]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/thumb/ac9c088f-be8d-4098-b321-562357c7d831.jpg)
![Nazi minister of propaganda Joseph Goebbels delivers a speech to his deputies for the press and arts. [LCID: 81273]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/thumb/0e78b101-20e4-4f99-aafb-630e14e5b62d.jpg)
