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Series VII: Nuremberg Trial, undated, 1919-1995

Thomas J. Dodd Papers

Series VII: Nuremberg Trial

Arrangement

Series I: Outgoing Correspondence (1959-1970)

Series II: Subject Files (1959-1969)

Series III: Administrative and Legislative Files (1949-1971)

Series IV: Investigative Files (1956-1970)

Series V: Foreign Travel Files (1954-1969)

Series VI: Campaign Files (1949-1970)

Series VII: Nuremberg Trial (1919-1995) provides considerable documentation of the proceedings of the International Military Tribunal (IMT) from 1945-1946 and the evidence used to prosecute Nazi leaders. The vast majority of these files are in English with some German and French. The trial briefs dispersed among these papers provide excellent summaries of various aspects of the prosecution case. This series is divided into five subseries: Common Plan or Conspiracy; Human Rights; Indicted Organizations; Defendant Files; and Conduct of Trial.

The Common Plan or Conspiracy (Boxes 282-284) refers to Count I of the IMT indictment, namely conspiracy to commit unlawful aggression. This subseries consists of trial briefs and German documents used by the Allied prosecution team. The papers are arranged thematically as the conspiracy charge had economic, political, and military dimensions. This subseries includes detailed German war plans for invading such nations as Poland, France, Russia, Norway, and Yugoslavia. The minutes of high-level economic meetings on the mobilization for war also highlight these files.

The Human Rights subseries (Boxes 285-289) documents the wide range of atrocities carried out in the name of National Socialism. This material is arranged thematically and consists primarily of trial briefs and translated German documents. The most thoroughly covered topics are the concentration camp and slave labor systems. Reports detail the implementation of Nazi anti-Semitism, medical experiments conducted in concentration camps, and the psychology of inmates. Other subjects include the plundering of art treasures, the suppression of Christianity, and the Germanisation of occupied territories.

The Indicted Organizations subseries (Boxes 290-295) chronicles the cases against the Reich Cabinet, German High Command, Sturmabteilungen (SA), Geheime Staatspolizei (Gestapo), Sicherheitsdienst (SD), and the Schutzstaffeln (SS). This material includes not only prosecution trial briefs and captured German documents, but also defense documents employed against Allied jurists. Files are thematically arranged according to the indicted organization.

Defendant Files (Boxes 296-318) encapsulate the prosecution and defense of the twenty-two primary Nazi defendants: Martin Bormann, Karl Doenitz, Hans Frank, Wilhelm Frick, Hans Fritzsche, Walter Funk, Hermann Goering, Rudolph Hess, Alfred Jodl, Ernst Kaltenbrunner, Wilhelm Keitel, Constantin von Neurath, Franz von Papen, Erich Raeder, Joachim von Ribbentrop, Alfred Rosenberg, Fritz Sauckel, Hjalmar Schacht, Baldur von Schirach, Arthur Seyss-Inquart, Albert Speer, and Julius Streicher. The files are arranged alphabetically by defendant with trial briefs that include detailed biographies of each leader. Each set of defendant files is divided into the prosecution and defense portions of their trial. Although each defendant file contains a closing brief from the prosecution, a separate set of closing briefs is maintained as well for ease of reference in Boxes 317-318.

The Conduct of Trial subseries (Boxes 319-391) encompasses a wide range of subjects and is arranged thematically according to the following categories: General Administrative; Witnesses; Defense; Interrogations; Evidence; Thomas Dodd; Justice Robert Jackson; Transcript Indexes; Transcripts; Photographs; Other Trials; and Post-Trial.

Document lists, memoranda, and personnel lists dominate the general administrative material (Boxes 319-322). Witness files (Boxes 322-323) contain testimony from pre-trial questioning. Defense files (Box 323) consist primarily of applications for defense witnesses. Interrogations of the IMT defendants and lesser criminals awaiting other trials, such as General Franz Halder, comprise the next category (Boxes 323-325). Staff evidence analysis sheets and German General Staff documents predominate the subsequent section on evidence (Boxes 325-326). The Thomas Dodd category (Boxes 326-327) includes correspondence, memoranda, and information concerning Dodd's court appearances at various stages of the trial. Justice Robert Jackson's correspondence and documents (Boxes 327-328) used in his presentations shed light on his participation at Nuremberg. IMT transcript indexes (Box 328) arranged both chronologically and by defendant provide a convenient tool for cross-referencing. Forty-one bound volumes of IMT transcripts (Boxes 329-370) supply a day-to-day, verbatim account of the trial and twelve bound volumes entitled, "Nazi Conspiracy and Aggression", summarize the Allied case. Numerous photographs (Boxes 371-374) add an often poignant dimension to this collection. Most of them depict the Nazi defendants, trial proceedings, Thomas Dodd, other members of the prosecution team, and grisly scenes of Nazi brutality. The documents and trial briefs of other military tribunals (Boxes 375-386), including those in Asia, help set the IMT within the larger context of global war crimes prosecution. These papers also include post- Nuremberg material and related publications (Boxes 386-391) such as articles, editorials, and letters written to praise or defend this unprecedented trial. Box 390 contains a German propaganda book for children, Ein Bilderbuch Fuer Gross und Klein, which attempted to indoctrinate youth with anti-Semitism.

Series VIII: Personal Papers (1920-1971)

Series IX: Scrapbooks (1935-1971)

Series X: Photographs (1920-1970)

Series XI: Awards and Memorabilia (1926-1970)

Series XII: Audiovisual Materials (1946-1969)

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Restrictions

Restrictions on Access

There are no access restrictions to the information in this this collection. The majority of the collection has been photocopied for preservation purposes and requests to use the original materials should be directed to the Curator.

Restrictions on Use

Permission to publish from these Papers must be obtained in writing from both the University of Connecticut Libraries and the owner(s) of the copyright.

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Other Descriptive Data

This portion of the collection has been photocopied almost in its entirety because of the fragile condition of the original materials. Requests to use the original materials should be directed to the Curator.

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