LibGuides: Holocaust: Postwar Trials

Major Trials

Image from the Holocaust Education and Research Team

Holocaust Trials and Testimonies
This page from the Holocaust Education and Research Team lists all of the major trials and links key testimony.
War Crimes and the IMT
The International Military Tribunal tried 22 war criminals and then the US Military tribunals conducted trials for 12 subsequent war crimes with multiple defendants.
Jewish Virtual Library Encyclopedia
Find overviews of major trials with both single and multiple defendants.

Testimony

A Holocaust survivor displays her injuries as evidence of the cruel medical experiments in the Doctors Trial. Read more about the Doctors Trial, including transcripts and testimony, in this virtual exhibit at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum.

Historical Film of the Doctors Trial
This short video and transcript give us a glimpse into a trial of doctors and nurses tried for killing physically and mentally handicapped Germans and performing inhumane experiments on concentration camp survivors.
"We will show your their own films"
Film played a big part in the evidence and testimony of the Nuremberg trials. Nazi Germany made a habit of filming themselves, and these films documented their crimes.

Books in Print

The Nazi Hunters by Neal Bascomb
Call Number: 364.15 BAS
ISBN: 0545430992
Publication Date: 2013-08-27
The Nuremberg Trials by Mitchell G. Bard
Call Number: 341.69 NUR
ISBN: 9780737710762
Publication Date: 2002-01-15
Famous Trials by Frank McLynn
Call Number: 347.07 MCL
ISBN: 0895776553
Publication Date: 1995-11-01

Following Orders?

Victor Brack, a Nazi doctor on trial in Nuremberg after performing gruesome and cruel experiments in concentration camps.

Photos from U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia

Interview with the Devil
SS Staff Sargeant Karl Frenzel, one of the few Nazi officials who admitted to and expressed remorse for some of his crimes, was interviewed by a survivor of the camp where he tormented and murdered Jews.

After the Trials

The Search for Nazis
Many high level officials escaped and hid from justice. This article from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum details a few searches for key officials.
Nuremberg Code
The defense of the Nazi doctors argued that the experiments they performed were not illegal and did not differ much from previous German or American medical experiments. This argument led to a more comprehensive definition of permissible medical experiements.

Holocaust: Postwar Trials

Major Trials

Testimony

Books in Print

Following Orders?

After the Trials

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