SUBJECT

Nuremberg (Germany)--history, Nazis--Germany--history--20th Century, Nuremberg Trial of Major German War Criminals 1945-1946, Joachim von Ribbentrop, Palace of Justice, Foreign Minister of Germany 1938-1945,

DESCRIPTION

Joachim von Ribbentrop on the witness stand during the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg, 1945-1946. Joachim von Ribbentrop was Germany's Foreign Minister from 1938-1945. Ribbentrop was charged with crimes against peace, deliberately planning a war of aggression, war crimes and crimes against humanity. Prosecutors presented evidence that Ribbentrop was actively involved in the planning of German aggression and the deportation of Jews to death camps, as well as his advocacy of the killing of American and British airmen shot down over Germany. He was hanged on October 16, 1946.

COVERAGE

20th Century, Nuremberg Germany, 1945-1946

PUBLISHER

The Robert H. Jackson Center

CREATOR

Ray D'Addario, U.S. Army Pictorial Service, World War II

RIGHTS MANAGEMENT

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