Nuremberg Trials (1947)

Nuremberg Trials (1947)
Directors: Roman Karmen
Yelizaveta Svilova
Writer: Boris Gorbatov (writer)
Release Date: 24 May 1947 (USA)
Genre: Documentary - History - War


This riveting Russian documentary takes you inside the Nuremberg trials.


The Nuremberg trials were a series of military tribunals most notable for the prosecution of prominent members of the political, military, and economic leadership of Nazi Germany after its defeat in World War II. The trials were held in the city of Nuremberg, Germany, from 1945 to 1946, at the Palace of Justice. According to wikipedia, the first and best known of these trials was the Trial of the Major War Criminals before the International Military Tribunal (IMT), which tried 22 of the most important captured leaders of Nazi Germany.


It was held from November 21, 1945 to October 1, 1946. The second set of trials of lesser war criminals was conducted under Control Council Law No. 10 at the US Nuremberg Military Tribunals (NMT); among them included the Doctors' Trial and the Judges' Trial. This article primarily deals with the IMT; see the Subsequent Nuremberg Trials for details on those trials.