Robert H. Jackson & Schacht

On May 2, 1946, Robert H Jackson, Chief Counsel for the American Delegation, cross examined Defendant Hjalmar Schacht, President of the Reichsbank and Reich Minister of Economics. Justice Jackson cross-examined Schacht for more than one-half day. Jackson pressed him to identify the criminals of the Regime. He named Hitler, Himmler, Goering, Borman, von Ribbentrop and Heydrich. Jackson confronted Schacht with a number of photographs which place Schacht with those criminals. t was a memorable moment in the Trial.

Produced by US Army Signal Corps 1945-1956, housed in National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). Digitized and provided by The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum; Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive.

On May 2, 1946, Robert H Jackson, Chief Counsel for the American Delegation, cross examined Defendant Hjalmar Schacht, President of the Reichsbank and Reich Minister of Economics. Justice Jackson cross-examined Schacht for more than one-half day. Jackson pressed him to identify the criminals of the Regime. He named Hitler, Himmler, Goering, Borman, von Ribbentrop and Heydrich. Jackson confronted Schacht with a number of photographs which place Schacht with those criminals. t was a memorable moment in the Trial.

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