At Nuremberg, some of the most infamous leaders of Nazi Germany were brought to justice in what became the first international war crimes tribunal. This historic trial sought to hold high-ranking ...

Werner Hartenstein pulled drowning British troops from the Atlantic Ocean in September 1942. The German U-boat commander was flying Red Cross flags and even radioed for help in English. American ...

After World War II, the Allies brought the Nazis to trial. For the first time, representatives of a state had to answer for their crimes before an international tribunal."I hereby indict the following ...

Jan Lanicek receives funding from the Australian Research Council. In November 2025, cinemas worldwide will release Nuremberg, a courtroom drama directed by James Vanderbilt. The film focuses on the ...

Within months of the defeat of Nazi Germany in 1945, the Allied powers put its surviving leaders on trial in Nuremberg, the ceremonial birthplace of the fascist party and site of propaganda rallies ...

The court room of the Nuremberg War Crimes Trials during the 1946 trial of Hermann Göring and other Nazi leaders. (AP/STF) They started calling it the “Nuremberg defense” when lawyers for Lt. William ...