Chief French prosecutor Francois De Menthon speaking at the trial – Nuremberg, Germany, 1945/6

Behind the French prosecutor are the French prosecution table (right), and the Soviet Prosecution table (center). Behind the tables are journalists, and seated behind them the V.I.P Gallery. Although France did not fight Germany as a state for most of the war, and some of the time even collaborated with the Germans, during the trials the French received an equal standing to the three other Allies – the USA, the USSR and Great Britain.