Fritz Sauckel 1894-1946, Nuremberg (Germany)--history, Nazis--Germany--history--20th century, Nuremberg Trial of Major German War Criminals 1945-1946, forced labor--Germany--history--20th century

A serious Fritz Sauckel, head of the forced labor program, listens for a translation over IBM headphones.

Ernst Friedrich Christoph "Fritz" Sauckel (27 October 1894 – 16 October 1946) was a German Nazi politician, Gauleiter of Thuringia and the General Plenipotentiary for Labour Deployment from 1942 until the end of the Second World War.

Sauckel was among the 24 persons accused in Trial of the Major War Criminals before the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg. He was found guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity, and was sentenced to death by hanging.