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SC 215199-S

1945-1946

Trial of Hitler's henchmen opens at Nuernberg. A packed courtroom at the Palace of Justice hears prosecution commence reading of indictment. View shows press section (lower tier) and spectators' gallery (upper tier) in background. Members of the prosecution sit at tables in front of press section. Part of interpreters' section is included at extreme left, and standing in front of this member of prosecution reads indictment. In box in foreground, at right in front of U.S. Military guards, sit the twenty defendants, and at tables in front of them the attorneys for the defense. Nuernberg, Germany. 11/20/45

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News service caption on reverse of photograph reads: SC 215199-S / Trial of Hitler's henchmen opens at Nuernberg. A packed courtroom at the Palace of Justice hears prosecution commence reading of indictment. View shows press section (lower tier) and spectators' gallery (upper tier) in background. Members of the prosecution sit at tables in front of press section. Part of interpreters' section is included at extreme left, and standing in front of this member of prosecution reads indictment. In box in foreground, at right in front of U.S. Military guards, sit the twenty defendants, and at tables in front of them the attorneys for the defense. Nuernberg, Germany. 11/20/45

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