The Nuremberg War crimes trial, 1945-46 : a brief history with documents / [compiled by] Michael R. Marrus (University of Toronto).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Marrus, Michael Robert.

Dorothy Mann Yeakel & Paul Herbert Yeakel Memorial Fund.

Series:

Bedford series in history and culture

The Bedford series in history and culture.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nuremberg Trial of Major German War Criminals, Nuremberg, Germany, 1945-1946.

Physical Description:

xiv, 289 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.

Place of Publication:

Boston : Bedford/St. Martin's, Macmillan Learning, [2018]

Summary:

Between November 1945 and October 1946, 22 high-ranking Nazi officials defended themselves before the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg. The new edition of this volume reproduces significant sections of the Nuremberg trial record, with a new introduction that outlines the background to the proceedings, traces the preparations made by the principle actors in the courtroom, and considers how the prosecution, defense, and the tribunal dealt with the counts against the accused. New documents include material on the preparation of the case against the German leaders, perceptions of the trial by a member of the American prosecution team, and a remarkable memorandum by Telford Taylor on the possibility of a future trial, focusing on the murder of European Jews. Along with the Chronology from the first edition, pedagogical aids for student comprehension include a new set of Questions for Consideration and an updated Selected Bibliography. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part 1 Introduction: Introduction to the Nuremberg Trial 1

Historical Precedents 1

Background 7

Preparations 14

The Court 20

Crimes against Peace 37

War Crimes 44

Crimes against Humanity 51

Last Words 60

Assessment 68

Part 2 The Documents 81

1 Historical Precedents 82

1 Commission of Responsibilities, Majority Report, March 29, 1919 82

2 United States Representatives on the Commission of Responsibilities, Memorandum of Reservations to the Majority Report, April 4, 1919 86

3 The Treaty of Versailles, 1919 88

4 Kellogg-Briand Pact, 1928 90

5 Henry L. Stimson, Speech before the Council on Foreign Relations, New York, August 8, 1932 91

2 Background 92

6 Winston S. Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Joseph Stalin, Moscow Declaration, November 1, 1943 92

7 Winston S. Churchill, An Exchange with Roosevelt and Stalin at Teheran, November 29, 1943 94

8 Henry Morgenthau Jr., Memorandum for President Roosevelt (The Morgenthau Plan), September 5, 1944 95

9 Henry L. Stimson, Memorandum Opposing the Morgenthau Plan, September 9, 1944 97

10 Cordell Hull, Henry L. Stimson, and James Forrestal, Draft Memorandum for the President, November 11, 1944 99

11 Henry L. Stimson, Edward R. Stettinius Jr., and Francis Biddle, Memorandum for the President, January 22, 1945 100

12 American Draft of Definitive Proposal, Presented to Foreign Ministers at San Francisco, April 1945 102

13 Memorandum of Conversation of Edward R. Stettinius Jr. and Samuel Rosenman with Vyacheslav Molotov and Anthony Eden, in San Francisco, May 3, 1945 103

3 Preparations 106

14 Robert H. Jackson, Report to the President, June 6, 1945 106

15 Minutes of the London Conference for the Preparation of the Trial, July 23, 1945 110

16 Sidney Alderman, On Negotiating with the Russians, 1951 111

17 Charter of the International Military Tribunal, August 8, 1945 113

18 Jacob Robinson to Robert Jackson on Adolf Eichmann, July 27, 1945 117

19 International Military Tribunal, Indictment, October 6, 1945 117

4 The Court 122

20 Thomas J. Dodd to Mary Grace Murphy Dodd, June 1, 1946 122

21 Francis Biddle, Description of the Court, 1962 123

22 Robert H. Jackson, Opening Address for the United States, November 21, 1945 124

23 Hartley Shawcross, Opening Address for the United Kingdom, December 4, 1945 131

24 François de Menthon, Opening Address, January 17, 1946 134

25 Roman A Rudenko, Opening Address, February 8, 1946 138

26 G. N. Alexandrov, Cross-Examination of Fritz Sauckel, May 31, 1946 140

27 Francis Biddle, A Rebuke for the Soviet Prosecutors 141

28 Hermann Göring, Testimony on the Nazi Party, March 14, 1946 143

29 Robert H. Jackson, Cross-Examination of Hermann Göring, March 18, 1946 147

30 Robert H. Jackson, Appeal to the Bench, March 19, 1946 151

31 Motion Adopted by All Defense Counsel, November 19, 1945 155

5 Crimes against Peace 157

32 Sidney Alderman, Address to the Tribunal, November 23, 1945 157

33 Hartley Shawcross, On Aggressive War and the Evolution of the Law of Nations, December 4, 1945 158

34 Hermann Göring, Testimony Denying a Nazi Conspiracy to Wage War, March 14, 1946 159

35 Hermann Göring, Testimony on the Hossbach Memorandum, March 14, 1946 161

36 Alfred Seidl, Questioning of Joachim von Ribbentrop on the Nazi-Soviet Pact, April 1, 1946 163

37 Alfred Seidl, Questioning of Ernst von Weizsäcker on the Secret Protocol, May 31, 1946 165

38 Erich Raeder, Testimony on the German Attack on Norway, May 17, 1946 167

39 Hartley Shawcross, Evidence on the German Attack on the Soviet Union, December 4, 1945 170

40 Wilhelm Keitel, Testimony on Hitler's Plan to Attack the Soviet Union, April 4, 1946 172

41 Alfred Jodl, Testimony on Soviet Preparations to Attack Germany, June 5, 1946 174

6 War Crimes 177

42 François de Menthon, The Concept of War Crimes, January 17, 1946 177

43 Charles Dubost, The German Use of Civilian Hostages, January 24, 1946 179

44 Marie Claude Vaillant-Couturier, Testimony on the Gassing at Auschwitz, January 28, 1946 181

45 Hanns Marx, Cross-Examination of Marie Claude Vaillant-Couturier, January 28, 1946 184

46 Roman A. Rudenko, The German Destruction of the Soviet Union, February 8, 1946 186

47 Roman A. Rudenko, The Mistreatment and Murder of Soviet Prisoners of War, February 8, 1946 187

48 Telford Taylor, Questioning of Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski, January 7, 1946 190

49 Yuri Pokrovsky, Examination of Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski, January 7, 1946 192

50 Robert H. Jackson, Cross-Examination of Albert Speer, June 21, 1946 194

51 Kail Dönitz, Testimony about His Relationship with Hitler, May 9, 1946 196

52 Wilhelm Keitel, Testimony on War Crimes, April 6 and 7, 1946 199

53 Hermann Göring, Testimony on the Applicability of the Hague Convention of 1907, March 15, 1946 204

54 Robert H. Jackson, On the Guilt of the Leader and His Followers, July 26, 1946 207

7 Crimes against Humanity 209

55 François de Menthon, On Crimes against the Human Status, January 17, 1946 209

56 William F. Walsh, On the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, December 14, 1945 210

57 Abram Suzkever, Persecution of the Jews of Vilna, February 27, 1946 214

58 Rudolf Höss, Testimony on Auschwitz, April 15, 1946 219

59 Hermann Göring, Testimony on Nazi Policy toward the Jews, March 14, 1946 224

60 Telford Taylor, Memorandum on a Separate Trial for the Murder of European Jewry, February 6, 1947 226

61 Alfred Thoma, Defense of Alfred Rosenberg on the Persecution of the Jews, July 10, 1946 227

62 Walther Funk, Statement of Remorse, May 6, 1946 231

63 Franz von Papen, Explanation for Remaining at His Post, June 19, 1946 232

8 Last Words 233

64 Hermann Göring, Final Statement, August 31, 1946 233

65 Rudolf Hess, Final Statement, August 31, 1946 235

66 Albert Speer, Final Statement, August 31, 1946 238

67 Judgment: "The Law of the Charter," September 30-October 1, 1946 241

68 Judgment: "The Law as to the Common Plan or Conspiracy," September 30-October 1, 1946 245

69 Judgment: "The Persecution of the Jews," September 30-October 1, 1946 247

70 Judgment: "The Accused Organizations," September 30-October 1, 1946 248

9 Assessment 250

71 Henry L. Stimson, "Nuremberg: Landmark in Law," January 1947 250

72 Francis Riddle, Andrei Vyshinsky's Visit to Nuremberg, 1962 252

73 Otto Kranzbühler, Challenge to the Nuremberg Procedures, 1964 254

74 Henry L. Stimson, Assessment of the Judgment, January 1947 256.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-278) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Dorothy Mann Yeakel & Paul Herbert Yeakel Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

9781319094843

1319094848

OCLC:

1002684534

Publisher Number:

99976150257