On Feb. 9, 1946, Colonel Y. V. Pokrovsky, the Deputy Chief Prosecutor for the Soviet Union continued the Russian opening statements on aggression in Eastern and Southern Europe. He declared that the “Tribunal will remember that the annihilation of Slavism and the destruction of democratic principles was one of the basic aims of the fascist conspiracy”.

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.