Post-WWII - 1945, Germany: Nuremberg War Crime Trial, Pleadings & Opening Statement (partial). 21Nov45
01:36:37 Opening of trial. Seated judges w/ Lord Justice Lawrence.
01:36:47 German defendants.
01:36:59 Chief Prosecutor for the United States of America Robert Jackson at lectern opening (?) speech SOF: “The privilege 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 & punish have been so calculated, so malignant & so devastating, that civilization cannot tolerate their being ignored, because it cannot survive their being repeated. That four great nations, flushed w/ victory & stung with injury stay the hand of vengeance & voluntarily submit their captive enemies to the judgement of the law is one of the most significant tributes that Power has ever paid to reason”.
01:38:05 Goering tries to make statement and is interrupted.
01:38:21 “I informed the court that defendants were not entitled to make a statement; you must plead guilty or not guilty”.
01:38:41 Goering, SOF (brief)... and sits down.
01:38:48 Rudolf Hess, Von Ribbentrop & Wilhelm Keitel plead not guilty.
01:39:42 Goering tries speech & interrupted again.
Post-WW2; 1940s; War Crimes Trials;
NOTE: Lowell Thomas makes disparaging remarks about Goering, Hess & others to explain German SOF.
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Post-WWII - 1945, Germany: Nuremberg War Crime Trial, Pleadings & Opening Statement (partial). 21Nov45 01:36:37 Opening of trial. Seated judges w/ Lord Justice Lawrence. 01:36:47 German defendants. 01:36:59 Chief Prosecutor for the United States of America Robert Jackson at lectern opening (?) speech SOF: “The privilege 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 & punish have been so calculated, so malignant & so devastating, that civilization cannot tolerate their being ignored, because it cannot survive their being repeated. That four great nations, flushed w/ victory & stung with injury stay the hand of vengeance & voluntarily submit their captive enemies to the judgement of the law is one of the most significant tributes that Power has ever paid to reason”. 01:38:05 Goering tries to make statement and is interrupted. 01:38:21 “I informed the court that defendants were not entitled to make a statement; you must plead guilty or not guilty”. 01:38:41 Goering, SOF (brief)... and sits down. 01:38:48 Rudolf Hess, Von Ribbentrop & Wilhelm Keitel plead not guilty. 01:39:42 Goering tries speech & interrupted again. Post-WW2; 1940s; War Crimes Trials; NOTE: Lowell Thomas makes disparaging remarks about Goering, Hess & others to explain German SOF.