The Nuremberg Trials (1945)

judges from britain america russia and france assemble in nuremberg's courthouse empowered to impose sentence of death or such punishment as it may consider just the tribunal sits in judgment upon 20 leaders of the nazi party after a first day spent in reading the 30 000 word indictment the unemotional tones of lord justice lorenz president of the court open the second day's proceedings on thursday the 18th of october 1945 in berlin the indictment was lodged with the tribunal and a copy of that indictment in the german language has been furnished to each defendant and has been in his possession more than 30 days so begins the case of humanity against the makers of war the defendants to plead guilty or not guilty for charges against them wilhelm guring thinner and without the notorious medals the once mighty nazi number two still postures in the limelight while he waited in the dark he wrote a statement which he tried to read before entering his plea he said before i answer the question whether i am guilty or not guilty and that was as far as he got i informed the court that defendants were not entitled to make a statement you must plead guilty or not guilty the canadians in it theories the one time rice marshall shouts i declare myself not guilty and now hess the mentally hazy hess the lost memory man rudolph his that will be entered as a plea of not guilty the ribbon top hail nervous picks up the refrain of not guilty object lessons in psychology the character of each comes out in the manner of his not guilty plea a wilhelm title it's the enemy's history wilhelm rick ex-minister of the interior trial with the rest next childish walter funk this is hitler's ex-economic advisory hitler's money wizard bears the words but still pleads not guilty foreign is now the backroom nazi and armaments chief there have always been ambitious and ruthless men ready to gamble with the lives of their fellows now for the first time international gangsters stand trial as common criminals gerding still trying to read his statement and still getting nowhere you are not entitled to address the tribunal except through your council at the present time opening the allied case against the defendants chief american prosecutor justice jackson of opening the first trial in history for crimes against the peace of the world imposes a grave responsibility the wrongs which we seek to condemn and punish have been so calculated so malignant and so devastating that civilization cannot tolerate their being ignored because it cannot survive they're being repeated gerring was still switching from glum despair to spells of clowning at the end of the second day's proceedings but the lengthening lists of counts covered by the indictment left its mark on everyone but hess who showed little interest in anything gerding wrote sheet after sheet of notes and suggestions for his defending council ex-war chief title and reuben trump spoke only rarely harris came to life once perhaps he'd forgotten to remember he'd lost his memory on the third day major coogan took over the prosecution first a brief reference to the history of the nazi party the court will no doubt recollect that the national socialist party had its origin in the german labor party which was founded on the 5th of january 1919 in munich it was this organization which hitler joined as seventh member on the 12th of september 1919 at a meeting of the german labor party held on the 24th of february 1920 hitler announced to the world the 25 species that subsequently became known as the unalterable program of the national socialist german workers body as a new religion the faith of the blood superseding in individual allegiance all other religions and institutions the defendant rosenberg and the defendant striker were particularly prominent in disseminating this doctrine much of the evidence to be offered in this case will illustrate the nazi conspirators continued as spousal and exploitation of this master race doctrine imagination sickens at the crimes laid upon the accused now stripped of the trappings of power the world's rich has run to nuremberg and justice waits you

Channel: British Pathé

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Length: 8min 40sec (520 seconds)

Published: Sun Apr 13 2014