Nuremberg

A few months after the end of World War II, with the international community outraged at the excesses committed by Germany, trials against war criminals were convened in Nuremberg, the symbolic seat of Nazism. There was a series of twelve trials, but it was the first that was the most prominent. Top military and governmental figures including Goering, Hess, von Ribbentrop, and Doenitz were among those first prosecuted. Later trials followed against doctors, bankers, industrialists and others.

It has been three years since the most important Nazi leaders had already been tried. This trial is about 4 judges who used their offices to conduct Nazi sterilization and cleansing policies. Retired American judge, Dan Haywood has a daunting task ahead of him. The Cold War is heating up and no one wants…

Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial (Nurnberg - Die Prozesse) is a three part BBC docu-drama about the Nuremberg trials.
The whole world was closely observing the Nuremberg trials from 1945 to 1949 when Nazi-Germany's most prominent leaders were indicted and punished for wartime atrocities and crimes against humanity. It was the first international trial for such crimes and set standards for today's prosecution of war crimes all over the world.

It has been three years since the most important Nazi leaders have already been tried. This trial is about 4 Judges who used their offices to conduct Nazi sterilization and cleansing policies. Retired American Judge Dan Haywood has a daunting task ahead of him. The Cold War is heating up and no one wants any more trials as Germany, and allied Governments want to forget the past. But what is the right thing to do is the question the tribunal must decide.

Tres años después del final de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, 4 jueces nazis responsables de las políticas de esterilización y limpieza étnicas van a ser juzgados en Nuremberg. Sobre Dan Haywood, un juez norteamericano retirado, recae la importante responsabilidad de presidir este emblemático juicio sobre el exterminio y holocausto nazi. Mientras, ya en plena guerra fría, los países europeos prefieren olvidar el pasado.

An original look at the Nuremberg trial through the diaries of Leon Goldensohn, the American psychiatrist of the main nazis murderers before their execution We are familiar with images of the hearings at the Nuremberg trials. But to this day, no one has taken us into the cells and minds of the accused. Leon Goldensohn, a 34-year-old American Jewish psychiatrist, spent six months visiting the 4 main Nazi war criminals. Based on these unique and recently uncovered documents and reconstitutions of the main events, this film discloses for the first time the personal thoughts of the Nazis: Hermann Goering, Rudolf Hoess, Hans Franck and Julius Streicher.

On the 19 November 1945, the International Military Tribunal was opened in the Palace of Justice in Nuremberg, Germany.

75 years ago, the biggest murder trial in history began in Nuremberg, Germany. 21 Nazi leaders appeared in court charged with crimes that caused the deaths of millions of innocent people during World War II. This bold new feature-length documentary recounts the dramatic story of the Nuremberg Trials. The film has been pieced together using over a thousand archive clips, including recently digitized film footage from the courtroom.

This Emmy-award winning film gives a concise and analytical account of the first Nuremberg Trial and its twelve successors. It explores the trials against the background of the emerging Cold War and the shifting allegiances of former wartime allies and enemies in the immediate post-war period. Original black and white photography shot on location in New York, Washington, London and Nuremberg is combined with unseen archive images and the private photographs of prosecutors and defenders to create a memorable account of the trial of the century.