Russia · Warfare / World War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
The prosecution enters indictments against 24 major war criminals and six criminal organisations - the leadership of the Nazi party, the Schutzstaffel (SS) and Sicherheitsdienst (SD), the Gestapo, the Sturmabteilung (SA. The International Military Tribunal is opened, in the Supreme Court Building in Berlin, the first session is presided over by the Soviet judge, Nikitchenko
One of the Judges at the Nuremburg War Trials
One of the Judges at the Nuremburg War Trials
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