100-year-old US veteran Frank Athanason, one of the last living witnesses of the Nuremberg Trials, recalls how, at the age of 19, he sat opposite the defendants Hermann Göring and Rudolf Hess, experiencing the historical significance of the trial as well as the personal tragedy of his brother, who had fallen in World War II. #NürnbergerProzesse #Zeitzeugen #ZweiterWeltkrieg (translated)
On September 30 and October 1, 1946, twelve death sentences were imposed in the Nuremberg Trials against the Nazi elite, including Hermann Göring, while the trials are considered a milestone of modern international criminal law. #NürnbergerProzess #VerbrechenGegenDieMenschlichkeit #NSDAP (translated)