This is the twentieth volume in the complete proceedings of the Nuremberg trial of the German major war criminals before the International Military Tribunal sitting at Nuremberg, Germany.
Taken from the original court transcript this volume covers the proceedings from 29th July to 8th August, 1946 and represents an essential primary source for scholars and general readers alike. The transcripts are complete and contain the whole of the proceedings as taken from the original court documents.
This volume consists of the concluding speeches by the Prosecution, and includes the outline of the individual defendants' positions and activities, the argument on the responsibility of State representatives for its crimes and the replies to the main legal Defence arguments.
It also includes the case for the defence of the indicted organisations: the Gestapo, SD, the Reich Cabinet and the SS. This includes harrowing oral evidence from former camp inmates describing their suffering due to inhumane treament, forced labour and brutal punishments. It also consists of evidence from high-ranking members of the SS and SD, including Paul Hauser, Colonel-General of the Waffen SS, and Guenther Reinecke, Chief Judge of the Supreme SS and Police Court, detailing the administration of the concentration camps, the extermination of the Jews and the mass destruction of life and property of the civilian population in the occupied territories.
Taken from the original court transcript this volume covers the proceedings from 29th July to 8th August, 1946 and represents an essential primary source for scholars and general readers alike. The transcripts are complete and contain the whole of the proceedings as taken from the original court documents.
This volume consists of the concluding speeches by the Prosecution, and includes the outline of the individual defendants' positions and activities, the argument on the responsibility of State representatives for its crimes and the replies to the main legal Defence arguments.
It also includes the case for the defence of the indicted organisations: the Gestapo, SD, the Reich Cabinet and the SS. This includes harrowing oral evidence from former camp inmates describing their suffering due to inhumane treament, forced labour and brutal punishments. It also consists of evidence from high-ranking members of the SS and SD, including Paul Hauser, Colonel-General of the Waffen SS, and Guenther Reinecke, Chief Judge of the Supreme SS and Police Court, detailing the administration of the concentration camps, the extermination of the Jews and the mass destruction of life and property of the civilian population in the occupied territories.
