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OMGUS MILITARY TRIBUNAL - Nurnberg, Germany

1946-1948

OMT-III-D-31 In a courtroom of the Nurnberg Palace of Justice, sit 14 Nazi judges charged with perverting German jurisprudence in the name of National Socialism. The indictment charged the former judges and public prosecutors with committing war crimes, and crimes against humanity and peace. Left to right are: the defendants on the front row, Franz Schlegelberger, Herbert Klemm, Curt Rothenberger, Ernst Lautz, Wolfgang Mettgenberg, Wilhelm Von Ammon, Guenther Nebelung; and back row, Hermann Cuhorst, Rudolf Oeschey, and Joseph Altstotter. Sitting in front of the defendants' dock are defense counsel. Interpreters are shown behind the glass partition at the upper right.

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Caption pasted to photograph reads:OMGUS MILITARY TRIBUNAL - Nurnberg, Germany / OMT-III-D-31 / In a courtroom of the Nurnberg Palace of Justice, sit 14 Nazi judges charged with perverting German jurisprudence in the name of National Socialism. The indictment charged the former judges and public prosecutors with committing war crimes, and crimes against humanity and peace. Left to right are: the defendants on the front row, Franz Schlegelberger, Herbert Klemm, Curt Rothenberger, Ernst Lautz, Wolfgang Mettgenberg, Wilhelm Von Ammon, Guenther Nebelung; and back row, Hermann Cuhorst, Rudolf Oeschey, and Joseph Altstotter. Sitting in front of the defendants' dock are defense counsel. Interpreters are shown behind the glass partition at the upper right.

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