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Carl Heinrich Langbehn, an attorney who was slated for a possible cabinet seat had the July 1944 attempt on Hitler's life succeeded, ... [LCID: 15883]
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Attorney Carl Heinrich Langbehn
The defendants in the dock during the Justice Case. [LCID: 16793]
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Background: Jurists' Trial Verdict
Portrait of Lieutenant Colonel Mervyn Griffith-Jones, British prosecutor at the IMT Nuremberg commission hearings investigating indicted ... [LCID: 94538]
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British prosecutor Lieutenant Colonel Mervyn Griffith-Jones
Among the many ironies of the International Military Tribunal was that the defendants were accorded that which they had denied their ... [LCID: 08018]
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Defendant Walther Funk
Three men stand with arms raised in Nazi salutes. There is a bust of Hitler on a pedestal behind them and a Nazi flag is hung on the wall.
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First Letter to All Judges
Peter Black [LCID: wctpb007]
Oral History
Historian Peter Black describes impact of the Braunsteiner Ryan case
Peter Black [LCID: wctpb004]
Oral History
Historian Peter Black describes the importance of legal consequences
Peter Black [LCID: wctpb008]
Oral History
Historian Peter Black describes the potential of legal consequences
Peter Black [LCID: wctpb009]
Oral History
Historian Peter Black describes the process of documentation while investigating cases
In front of his unit, a soldier takes the oath of loyalty to Adolf Hitler. [LCID: 08361]
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How did German professionals and civil leaders contribute to the persecution of Jews and other groups?
Jewish lawyers line up to apply for permission to appear before the Berlin courts. [LCID: 00225]
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Jewish lawyers line up to apply for permission to appear before the Berlin courts
From left to right: former US President Jimmy Carter, Judge Thomas Buergenthal, former UN ambassador Andrew Young. [LCID: buerg3]
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Jimmy Carter, Thomas Buergenthal, and Andrew Young
John Dolibois [LCID: wctjd008]
Oral History
John Dolibois describes Justice Jackson's explanation of the purpose of the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg
The International Military Tribunal was a court convened jointly by the victorious Allied governments. [LCID: 61332]
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Judges' bench at the International Military Tribunal
A large chart of family trees in German. These charts are made of circles in various colors that would help determine someone’s racial membership according to the law.
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Law, Justice, and the Holocaust
Adolf Hitler Walking with other Nazi Officials
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Oaths of Loyalty for All State Officials

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