60 Years Marking the Beginning of the Nuremberg Trials

 
 

 

Three of the defendants at the Nuremberg Trials sentenced to varied prison terms – Nuremberg, Germany, 1945/6

Three of the defendants at the Nuremberg Trials sentenced to varied prison terms – Nuremberg, Germany, 1945/6

 

Left to right: Karl Donitz - Supreme Commander of the German Navy (1943) President of Germany and Commander of the Armed Forces after Hitler’s death (for a number of days), sentenced to 10 years imprisonment; Erich Raeder - Supreme Commander of the German Navy (1928-1943), sentenced to life imprisonment; Baldur von Shirach- Leader of the Hitler Youth and Head of the Nazi Party in Vienna, sentenced to 20 years imprisonment

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