Nuremberg Trials Press Photo Archive

Nuremberg, WWII

Photo Archive

Nuremberg trials photo archive, a group of 9 silver gelatin press photos depicting the trial of Nazi war-criminals at Nuremberg. These pictures capture tense and dramatic moments during the criminal proceedings of former Nazi politicians, military, and other figures key in the Nuremberg trials. Photos are mostly press photos and measure approximately aprox 8.5" x 11 taken during the trial and used in newspapers around the world to bring the horrors of the Nazi atrocities to light. One 1945 picture captures a lineup of Nazi-party war-criminals: Hermann Goering, Rudolf Hess, Joachim von Ribbentrop, Wilhelm Keitel, Karl Dönitz, Erich Raeder, Baldur von Schirach, Fritz Sauckel seated during the trials; this photo captures a tense moment with Hermann Goering visibly distressed covering his mouth with his hand as if shocked and gasping. During the trial, the Nazi leaders were shown footage and images of the various crimes against humanity perpetrated by their regime, which visibly shook some of them. Another picture shows Erwin Lahousen sitting in the witness stand - the press text on the verso reads: "His testimony made Goering shout 'traitor' - Nuremberg, Germany... There was plenty of action when Gen. Erwin Lahousen, Chief of German Intelligence from 1938 to 1943, took the stand as the prosecution's first witness at the trial of major war criminals. Several photos give a wide shot of the entire courtroom during the trials, packed full of Nazi war-criminals, military police, and various prosecutors - these pictures captures the massive undertaking these trials were. Another picture dated April 23, 1945 shows the moment Franz Von Papen,captured at his hunting lodgeand U.S Major General Harry L. Twaddle questioning Von Papen. Includes additional picture "Leaders of the Bavarian section of the rightist National Democratic Party (NPD) open their convention today in Nuernberg's Meistersingerhalle. From left are: Adolf von Thadden, chief party spokesman; Fritz Thielen, party leader who boasts of the influence it already is wielding, and Bavarian leader Benno Herrmannsdorfer. As this 1960's convention began, demonstrators protested against the revival of Nazism while a heavy police guard stood by to guard against incidents." This photo archive chronicles what many viewed as closure to the atrocities of the Holocaust and Nazi Germany's actions in WWII, all 9 Photos are in very good condition.

Item #18676

Price: $2,250.00