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Okay guys, come on, come on.

Separate the officers for interrogation.

I'll be damned...

General Spaatz, we meet at last.

- Reichsmarschall G�ring...
- My wife, my daughter.

Your Eighth Air Force has destroyed
my beautiful Luftwaffe

and leveled our beautiful cities.

Even so,
I prefer to surrender to a fellow airman.

Gentlemen, may I?

Unbelievable...

Those pictures were on every wire service,

American officers throwing a party
for Hitler's Number Two man.

- What was the commander thinking?
- It's a code of honor among airmen

-that transcends politics...
- And brains, apparently...

The commander was reprimanded,

and lke has ordered that G�ring
be treated like any other prisoner of war.

Excuse me.

I finagled some real coffee
from the Chief Justice�s office.

Elsie's the best scavenger
in the entire building.

You shouldn't have gone to so much trouble.

Coffee's no trouble.
Now a set of tires, that's another story.

I still can't believe he's gone.

For me, it was like losing a father, truly.

Whatever I have, whatever I am,
it's because of Roosevelt.

I was in London, seeing Churchill,
when the news came.

With the end of the war in sight,
the President had sent me as his confidante

to discuss a rather tricky subject:

what to do with captured Nazi leaders.

What was Churchill's opinion?

He said they should be summarily shot,

for crimes against humanity.

What's your opinion?

Well, I think if it's a crime for Nazis
to shoot people without a trial,

how could it be less for us to do the same?

That's Truman's feeling, exactly.

And Churchill now shares that view.
Surprisingly enough, so does Stalin.

You're talking about a war crimes trial,

which they attempted after the last war,
and it completely unraveled...

Because it had no weight.

This will be an international tribunal

comprised of the Four Powers:
America, England, France and Russia.

President Truman wants the best prosecutor
in the country,

one with a reputation for being tough
but impartial.

He wants you, Bob.

I haven't prosecuted a case in years...

Roosevelt chose you for the Supreme Court
because of your integrity as a prosecutor.

That's why Truman has picked you for this.
Because he wants a fair trial,

not a legal lynching.

I like it right here, Sam. This would mean
I'm going to have to step down?

A temporary leave of absence,

you'd be back in six months, maybe seven.

Is the President aware of the fact
that I'm opposed to the death penalty?

Yes. But he's not concerned,
he knows you'll do whatever is right.

As you know, a fair trial means
an uncertain outcome.

If we don't prove the defendant's guilt,
we'd have to let them walk,

even if we could smell the blood on them.

- Do the allied powers understand that?
- Truman does.

You'll have to make it clear to them.

The trial is yours to create, Bob.

You get to set the rules, hire the staff,

find the setting,
you even get to pick the defendants.

This trial could unravel, too,

like the last attempt,
if it's poorly planned,

if it is unsound legally or morally.

Qr it could establish a basis
for conduct among nations

that would alter history
for generations to come.

The trial will be in held in Germany.

That's where the defendants are,
the evidence, witnesses.

Are there any decent hotels still standing?

I don't relish the idea of spending months
on some dreary Army base.

You won't have to worry about that.

No wives allowed. At Army's request.

Bad for morale, all those men who've been
over there for years without their.

You don't want me there, fine.
I'll be downstairs, whenever you�re ready.

- Fifteen plus seven.
- Twenty-two.

Good morning, General Spaatz.

I'm afraid I have to ask you to get dressed
and pack for travel.

Where are you moving us?

Only the Reichsmarschall.
You're being transferred to Bad Mondorf.

Well, you know, it's a very pleasant spa,

but why must I go alone?

Because that's where they're rounding up
German war criminals.

- No!
- No, Emmy.

I'm sorry about that. Get dressed please.

You must be brave.
Very, very brave.

Edda, you will?

Come on sweetheart.

We know who you are,
Mr. "Jew Butcher of Cracow".

And we've all seen the camps, too,
Nazi bastard.

I was lucky when the Arms Ministry

was destroyed in an air raid in 1943.

It rid me of useless paperwork
and pencil pushers.

Sir,

what do you think was the most effective
single thing you did during the war?

When Hitler appointed me
his Minister of Armaments czar,

I throwout the military chiefs
and turned to the professionals:

industrialists and engineers.

Then I borrowed the ideas
of Walter Rathenau,

the great Jewish chief
of the German economy during the last war:

standardization of parts,
division of labor,

maximum use of the assembly line.

Thank you, Dr. Speer.
Gentlemen, we'll now break for lunch.

- Dr. Albert Speer?
- Obviously.

You're under arrest for major war crimes.

Listen up!

You'll all be taken
to different places of detention.

This prisoners will go to Bad Mondorf

as defendants in future war-crimes trials.

Step forward. Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel.

Grand Admiral Karl Donitz.

And Colonel General Alfred Jodl.

Follow me.

I haven't traveled since before the war.
I couldn't even remember how to pack.

I worried for what we need for the office,

I forgot half the things that I need.

I've one set of nylons for the entire time,
and they already have a run.

I even traded ration coupons
with my friend Lois so I could buy nylons.

You are as jittery as a hen,
what is the matter with you?

I've never been up in an airplane before.

Good morning, Robert.

- Bob.
- Tom...good morning.

Gentlemen, this is my chief secretary,
Elsie Douglas.

This is Tom Dodd, the Deputy Prosecutor.

- It's nice to finally meet you.
- Pleasure.

Colonel John Harlan Amen,
who'll be Head of lnterrogations.

Colonel Taylor, who'll be the liaison
with the other prosecuting teams.

Colonel Robert Storey, who'll be the head
of our Documents Division.

Pleasure...

Now that we're all here, let's go.

So who are we really after?
Military leaders, political leaders?

What about the bankers and industrialists
who funded the Nazis?

What about the people
who carried out atrocities?

We can't put the whole country on trial.

We have to suggest the scope of the crimes.
I want this trial to be the first of many.

Well how about choosing a symbolic
figurehead from each category?

We cover the whole spectrum.
That way no one group gets off scot-free.

If we win convictions, we can keep right on
prosecuting Nazis till the cows come home.

We may also fail to win convictions,

in which means some, or all,
of the defendants could go free.

I'm still wrestling
with the validity of this trial.

Crimes committed during war
have never been called crimes.

What existing laws did the Nazi's break?

Well, they broke peace treaties,

border treaties,
certainly Geneva and Hague Convention.

Right. Every time they invaded a country
they broke a law.

My fear is that at the end of the day,
when all is said and done,

this trial will be seen as nothing more
than triumph of superior might,

the winners exacting punishment
on the losers.

Our task is to make sure that this is not
the triumph of superior might,

but the triumph of superior morality.
We're in a very interesting position here.

We're in a position to fashion a future

in which aggressive war
will be dealt with as a crime.

Right.

Here.

New arrivals, identify yourselves.

- Fritz Sauckel, sir.
- Head of labor conscription, sir.

Former head.

- Julius Streicher.
- Publisher of... I can't pronounce it.

- Der Sturmer.
- It's filth.

- You bankers are all Jews, I know that!
- Shut up.

Hjalmar Horace Greely Schacht,

President of the Reichsbank
and Minister of the Economy.

I don't understand why I have been accused.

I'm your jailer, pal, not your lawyer.
You'll get your day in court.

Hans Fritsche.

Chief of radio operations
in the Nazi propaganda ministry.

Rudolf Hess. Former Deputy F�hrer.

Hess.

- You.
- Johachim von Ribbentrop.

Nazi Foreign Minister.

You.

Colonel, this is Dr. Robert Ley,
head of the German Labor Front.

You're Albert Speer.
What's wrong with this man?

- His mind is not what it used to be.
- He's an old drunk...

I said shut up!

Colonel. That man, Streicher,

is a disgusting person, a pornographer
and a Jew-baiter.

- I do not wish to be housed with him.
- We make no distinctions.

Colonel,

we respectfully protest our arrest.

We were following orders, nothing more.

As a fellow soldier,
surely you must understand.

Now you�re no longer a soldier.

You are all war criminals. All of you!

Lock 'em all up.

Nazi bastards.

Where's G�ring?

Reichsmarschall Hermann G�ring
at your service, sir.

You are in the United States Army Stockade
at Bad Mondorf.

Have they told you why you're here?

Because we lost the war.
And, I assume, to be shot or hanged.

- That's up to the Court.
- The Court opinion does not concern me.

The opinion of the German people,
that is what really matters.

Is that so?

History will show that everything I did
was for a greater German Reich.

There will be statues of Hermann G�ring
all over Germany in fifty years.

Little statues, perhaps,
but one in every home.

You're fat as a house.

I'm will put you on a diet.

You will be mentally
and physically fit to stand trial.

Captain?

- Who is it?
- Hans Frank, sir.

He tried to cut his wrists and throat.
These soldiers stopped him right in time.

The Jew butcher of Cracow.

Take him to the infirmary
and check him out.

I want a four-man watch on him
around the clock, on the double.

- Good work, Captain. What's your name?
- Gilbert, sir.

- You and your men want to chow with us?
- Thank you, sir.

- You a surgeon?
- Psychologist.

What we are faced with, or so it appears,

is the secular equivalent
of drafting the Ten Commandments.

Every nation has its criminal statutes,

but for the world at large none exist.

We are trying war criminals

whose guilt is unquestioned
by the governments we represent!

General, if we�re going to have a trial,
it must be based on law...

It must only determine degree of guilt
and appropriate punishment.

A fair trial with opposing attorneys,
direct examination and cross-examination.

Precisely.

- Before Judges that act as referees.
- As in a sporting match?

- Pain in the butt, what'd I tell you?
- That's not the way it's done in France.

Lawyers help the accused prepare a defense,

they have little role in the Court itself.

In the United States a defendant is entitled
to the most aggressive representation.

As in Britain.

You would actually allow a man
such as Ernst Kaltenbrunner,

responsible for the Gestapo,
concentration camps,

for killing millions of innocent people,

to stand before a court of law
and declare himself not guilty?

That is exactly what we are going to allow.

Twenty million of my people

were killed by these fascist criminals,
half of them civilians,

killed without mercy.

How many died in Washington this way,
Mr. Justice Jackson?

General,

it occurs to me that separate trials

might be the most satisfactory way
of way to reconcile our differences.

The United States and the British,
along with the French, if they choose,

will conduct a trial with the Nazis
that we currently have in captivity.

Kaltenbrunner, Frank, Speer, G�ring.

And the Russians would be free
to hold their own trial

with the ones that you have on hand.

There's no need to be so impulsive.

We are, after all, allies.

We must try to bridge our differences.

Finally the prosecution is
a unified group,

even if we did have to compromise with
the French and let the judges be the jury.

I must say, your little trump card
turned Comrade General into a pussycat.

Well, I didn't like playing it.
I didn't want to sandbag the poor guy.

- I would have preferred to convince him.
- He was convinced

by your subtle reminder that we've got
most of the big Nazi fish

while they only have a couple of minnows.

However, I couldn't argue with his point.

My country was spared the worst of it.
No bombed-out cities,

no slaughtered children,
I couldn't begin to know.

How is it you can look out on all this

and still want to guarantee these men
a vigorous defense?

I want to put National Socialism on trial.
They'll incriminate themselves.

And I don't ever want this
to happen again.

There's no question you're
the undisputed leader in all this.

As soon as we're finished outwork here,

you go to Germany and find a place
for the trial, if anything still exist.

Robert, I can't believe this.

My brother came here as a college student.
I still have the pictures he brought me.

It was nothing like this.
This isn't even the same city.

There were Medieval bridges,
gingerbread houses.

It was also the site
of Hitler's biggest rallies.

Nuremberg was the spiritual center
of the Third Reich.

General Clay,

can we find the housing for all the people
who will be here for this trial?

Army guarantees it.

Parts of this city were untouched
by the bombings.

There's hundreds of fine vacant houses,
others whose owners are in need for money.

What's that smell?

There's still around 30,000 bodies
trapped under the rubble.

- Ready?
- Follow me.

The grand old Palace of Justice.
A landmark in more ways than one.

It took five bomb hits,
but just shrugged 'em off.

The courtroom's upstairs.
Offices that whole wing there.

And behind that wall,
all the jail cells you'll need.

Right this way.

Justice Jackson, the courtroom.

This is a mess.

- It'll take a lot of work.
- A lot of work, but it's doable.

Bob?

The Ten Commandments.

The Ten Commandments, in the same building
where the Nuremberg Laws were decreed

that deprived all German Jews
of their rights.

This is it.
This is the place to hold the trial.

Give me the word and I'll have
General Patton move in 15,000 German POWs,

- start cleaning up the whole city.
- I'm giving you that word right now.

Captain Kiley, what do you think?

I'll need to double the size of the room.

I'll have to take out that rear wall
and cut into the attic for a gallery.

I saw some terrific seats
in an old theatre here.

The chandeliers have got to go.
Fluorescent's more practical...

The Palace of Justice is going to see
justice once again.

Sir, this was just forwarded
from the base.

- Thank you very much, Sergeant...
- Fuchs, Morris Fuchs, Brooklyn, New York.

I knew it wasn't Wisconsin
with that accent.

Truman wants to appoint Francis Biddle
the American Judge for the trial.

Are you serious? But he already fired him
as Attorney General.

- Why would he do that?
- Guilt, maybe, probably.

I guess it's this instead of a gold watch.

- How do you feel about that?
- Read Truman's wording,

- "unless you've a problem" which mean...
- "Don't have a problem with this".

I've got to go back to Washington
and brief President Truman anyway.

I can stop in Philadelphia along the way,

try to cajole Biddle
into becoming a team player.

When do we leave?

I need you to stay here, set up our office
and find us a place to live.

- Make those decisions without you?
- That'll be fine. I trust you.

Bob?

When your name is called,
get on the truck:

von Papen...

When you board the plane,

get a seat by the window, dear boy.

It maybe the last view
we have of the Fatherland.

Von Schirach,

Hjalmar Schacht,

Rosenberg, von Neurath,

Frick, Sauckel, Albert Speer...

I couldn't face
going back into private practice,

not after all those years in Washington,

the nerve center of the country...the war.

What is the current status in Nuremberg?

We're gathering evidence,
choosing defendants.

We've settled on twenty-two men,

we've narrowed our targets
to those who ran the concentration camps.

Good thinking, splendid.

The ones who gathered the slave labor,
as well as those that used it.

Absolutely right!

The judges will have a great deal of work
with the pre-trial discoveries.

You'll be there to guide me through it.

I'm thrilled, Bob, it's an honor,

this means a great deal to me.

Am I safe in calling the President
and telling him you've signed off on me,

that I'm approved as Chief American judge?

I'll arrange your flight this week.

We need you over there as soon as possible
we need to gear up fast,

the trial begins in one month.

We can have dessert in Nuremberg.

Alright, alright, okay. Slowdown.

I find it a little unnerving

walking past three hundred German POWs
carrying pick-axes.

That's why you've got a bodyguard.
Just let one of 'em try to mess with you.

- You want the desk sideways?
- No, sidelight gives him a headache.

- You really take good care of this guy.
- That's my job.

- That's fine?
- Perfect.

Could you please call Captain Kiley?
Ask him if the filing cabinets are ready.

Sure.

The first thing you must understand
is that these men are war criminals.

Their rank means nothing.

There is to be no exchanging of salutes
or any other military courtesies.

Now I know most of you men saw combat.

You lost friends, companions.

We've seen the bodies along the road,

men who gave their lives
into the service of their country,

so that we might have the opportunity
to bring these criminals to justice.

Now our job is to make sure
that these criminals survive long enough

to have that justice served.

To make sure that our friends,
our companions, did not die in vain.

- That'll be all.
- Attention!

On your feet.

Swab your cell.

The bucket,

and the mop.

Use them.

Pick it up!

Pick 'em up! Now!

Pick them up!

Lieutenant!

Easy, easy.

Colonel!

He'll rest now.

His heart rate was up to almost
three hundred beats per minute.

It could have led to heart failure.

That's just great, that's
just what I need,

lose the biggest bull in the roundup.

Lieutenant, I'm making this man
your personal responsibility.

He is not to exert himself.

As God is my witness, he'll be
in the best of health when they hang him.

Yes sir.

Lieutenant, lieutenant Wheelis.

With your permission,

I shall call you "Leucht Lunt".

- That's fine, sir.
- Good.

- Thanks for the ride, Fuchs.
- No problem.

Welcome back.

- It's nice to be back.
- It's really good to have you back.

So.

- Quite a job you've done here.
- You should see the inside, come on.

Excellent. Excellent work Captain...

Kiley.

- What's your background, Kiley?
- A couple of architecture classes.

- Never got a degree.
- Neither did l.

Are you serious?
You're a Justice of the Supreme Court.

I practiced law for twenty years
with one year of law school under my belt.

- Things used to be easier back then.
- You shouldn't give away your secrets.

I won't tell if you won't tell.

How're we making out with these gizmos
for the simultaneous translation?

IBM�s sort of inventing the process
as we go, but we'll be ready, I promise.

I don't doubt that.

Excuse me.

Question is, will we be ready?

The whole team's waiting in our office,
they'll fill you in.

- I missed you.
- I missed you, too.

You know, when I was home
I couldn't find a phone number, a document.

Now you don't have to worry about that.

- I'll take G�ring.
- Should be fun.

- Tom, I'd like you to do Speer.
- My pleasure.

I'd also like you to take
von Schirach and Funk.

- Are the indictments ready to be served?
- I say we hold off till we can.

Until they're indicted,

we get to treat 'em like POWs.
We can interrogate 'em all day long.

- Once they're indicted...
- They should have their lawyers present.

This is going to be a fair trial.

Serve the indictments as soon as possible.

We can do it all alone.

What if the defendants want Nazi lawyers?

- No! What crazy example would that set?
- Free speech.

Nazis defending Nazis,
when they oughta be on trial themselves?

And we're gonna pay 'em?

Well we don't have to answer that question
in this room right now.

The judges will be here in one week, we'll
let them decide...will you excuse me?

This just arrived, from Biddle.

He's decided not to fly,
he's coming over on the Queen Elizabeth,

he'll be here in three weeks.

I'm a bit surprised at Biddle.

I'd never seen a man
so hungry for approval.

Well, but then you approved him.

Well, I did learn a lesson there, didn't I?

And how I hate learning lessons.

Isn't it a little bit excessive?

I got it for a really good price.

Justice Jackson,
meet Frau Hassel and Herr Hassel.

How do you do?
I have lived five years in America.

It's a pleasure to meet you, Frau Hassel.

I will prepare dinner.
Something light, perhaps, at this hour.

Thank you.

"Light" means five pounds of lard
in the dumplings instead of six.

Who owns this place?

Some banker who no longer owns a bank.

I think we're his only source of income
right now.

Thank you Herr Hassel. I'll do that.

- So where is your room?
- Upstairs.

It's a cute little apartment.

- Is it all right?
- It's nicer than mine in Washington.

I haven't seen what you have in Washington.

God, I am so bushed.

Just hold on till dinner.
Would you like a drink?

No, maybe later.

Don't do that.

I've arranged a little breakfast meeting
with the team tomorrow morning.

Just to go over some of the finer points.

You sure pack well.

Bob.

Thanks.

The cell is this one.

I hope I shan't make a balls of it.

You'll be just fine, old chap.
Open up.

Good morning. I'm Major Neave.

I am the officer appointed
by the lnternational Military Tribunal...

- Wait, you're British?
- I am.

Finally, a civilized man.

Neave. What is your given name?

Airey.

Major Airey Neave.
I heard this name before.

Airey, like the wind.

Why would I have heard this name?

I was captured, tortured by the Gestapo
and escaped twice.

I see. Then you've earned your given name.

I am the officer appointed
by the lnternational Military Tribunal

to serve upon you a copy of the indictment
in which you are named as defendant.

I'm also here to advise you
as to your rights to counsel.

I care nothing for lawyers.

You can find one for me,
Major Airey of the wind.

We're men of culture.
We both know the truth,

the victors will always be the judges,

the vanquished always the accused. Yes?

Open it up.

Until I have studied this, I cannot speak

to the accuracy of the charges against me.

But I acknowledge
the necessity of this trial

and accept my inclusion in it.

You haven't read the charges yet?

We're all responsible for the crimes
committed in the name of the Third Reich.

No one is blameless,
apart from the victims.

But we were just following orders.

Crimes against humanity?

- Here is a list of lawyers.
- Jews, these are all Jew names!

I want to be defended by a German officer.

I was a lawyer myself, full of ideals.

Why don't you just shoot us now?

Why don't you shoot us now?

I want a guard posted at the porthole
of every cell.

They are to be watched around the clock!

I will not have them
taking the easy way out!

- I need to pick up a document.
- I'll meet you in the office.

- Find anything about Polish slave labor?
- Take your pick.

There's something in the German character

that makes 'em keep detailed records
of every damn thing they do.

It's downright perverse.

The Nazi's put into writing
every criminal thought they ever had

and every criminal act they ever did.

Right here in this room is enough evidence
to hang half the country.

I'll settle for twenty-one
clean convictions.

- Get what you need?
- More than.

I've arranged all your random notes
for the opening statement

into something less random.

Legal, thematic, anecdotal,
precedent, theory.

You really are something, you know that?

When you decide what, let me know.

Oh, my God!

I don't believe this.

I've noticed that this case
has really inspired the orator in you.

I tried to capture a tone,

a mood, for the entire case.

A melancholy grandeur, if you will.

Well, it's all here.

You have a...

We only have two days
to finish the speech.

Maybe you should start dictating.

Right.

This simultaneous translation business

is like to be in the Tower of Babel.

And this, I can assure you,
whoever designed those earmuffs...

Earphones, Sir Geoffrey.

Whoever designed them did not try them
over a barrister's wig!

Not to worry.
On you they'll be most becoming.

- Who's that over there?
- He's a psychologist.

The army transferred him to consult about
the suicide risks among the prisoners.

Excuse me...

Bob!

Francis,

I had arranged for a flight to pick you up,
you were meant to be here two weeks ago.

What happened, you developed
a sudden craving for shuffleboard?

I needed a little time to get ready.

I worked the whole way over.
I'm fully prepared.

Any of my colleagues here?

Perhaps later on.
I need to talk to you about something.

You must take some vodka.

No, thank you, I'm content with the cognac.

You can't mix it.

- We do it in Russia all the time.
- Not in France, thank you.

Look at this, Bob.

It was a gift from my family.

After the trial I'm going to donate this,
along with my papers, to my Alma matter.

- I think future generations...
- Francis.

On the subject of who will serve
as President of the Court,

the British are prepared
to support you, but...

But it's not in the best interests
of the trial.

The Americans are far too dominant,

the trial must be viewed as a joint effort.

- I really do have the qualifications...
- I know you do.

- If not me, then who?
- Sir Geoffrey Lawrence.

The British share our sensibilities,

that's a lot better than having De Vabres
or, God knows, Nikitchenko.

I think I can sell the French
on this idea too.

Everyone back home assumes
that I will be head of the Court.

Francis, your role here
will be of incredible importance.

This is probably the last appointment
of my career, Bob.

- This is how I'm going out.
- With great honor.

Francis, you'll be capping your career

with great honor.

Now that Ley's done himself in,
who should we get to replace him?

It's not a Broadway show, John,
we don't need to bring out an understudy.

We've still got twenty-one left.
Twenty-one's a good solid number.

The boys are coming back.

- Biddle don't look too happy.
- Well, can you blame him?

Gentlemen, if I may, I'd like
to introduce you to Judge Francis Biddle.

Sir Geoffrey Lawrence,
Judge De Vabres.

Ladies and gentlemen.

Please.

A salute to my colleagues in the law.

How fortunate we are to be in a profession
where we may speak our minds,

not like diplomats
who must behave like dogs on a leash.

To the law!

I was wondering if you'd care
to dance with me?

I'm not much of a dancer.

Well, let's go embarrass ourselves.

It's my opinion head shrinking has no place
in this man's army.

But you've been assigned to me, Captain,
and I plan to make full use of you.

You're gonna help me make sure
I don't lose any more of my prisoners.

From what I already know of your set-up,

I can safely say that you've created
the perfect suicide ward.

What?

These men have nothing to do all day
but sit around and think about their fate.

- They should think about it.
- If you want to keep them alive and sane,

you need to keep them occupied, mentally
and physically. A library, for instance.

A library could make all the difference
in the world. So would an exercise yard.

I had something quite different in mind.
I thought I might put you in their lives,

give 'em somebody to talk to, open up with.

I'm sure they'll jump at the chance to talk
with somebody as enthusiastic as yourself.

They'll tell you what they're thinking,
what they're planning.

And you'll report everything to me.

I don't want to hear anything
about morals and ethics.

These men are prisoners, criminals.

Not patients.

That's the deal. Take it or leave it.

- The library and the exercise yard, sir?
- You got 'em.

This place is worse than I expected.
What a nightmare.

- Where do we pick up our press passes?
- The Palace of Justice.

What's that metal bar?

It works like a knife to cut the wires
the Germans string across the road.

- Several Gl's have been decapitated.
- Lovely.

Here we are, gentlemen.
I'll take your bags to the hotel.

- Alright, thanks a lot, buddy.
- See you around.

You will be given press passes
and transferred to assigned lodging.

Get in line, gentlemen, get in line.

Howard...

Nice and tight, please.

We better go sign in.

You're putting it on the wrong foot.

- What?
- The shoe.

Hess seems completely mad.

It is an act. He is being clever.

If he was so clever,

he wouldn't have spent the last four years
in an English prison.

I turned my diaries over to the Americans,
voluntarily.

They prove that I tried to resign
as Governor-General of Poland.

I did not approve of the persecution
of the Jews.

Anyone reading my diaries,
they will know what was in my heart.

They will understand
that those things I wrote about the Jews,

the orders I signed,

they were not sincere.

I believe you, Herr Frank.

And yet you did do those things.

How do you explain it?

I don't mean legally,
I'm not a lawyer or a judge,

I mean, how to you explain it to yourself?

I don't know.

It's as though I am two people,

the Hans Frank you see here,
and Hans Frank, the Nazi leader.

I wonder how that other Frank
could do those things.

This Frank looks at that Frank and says,

"You are a terrible man".

And what does that Frank say back?

He says, "I just wanted to keep my job".

Friends. Friends.

When we begin this farce tomorrow,

never forget
that we are here for one reason,

and one reason only:

we lost the war.

But someday,
a grateful German nation

will honor our legacy.

Doctor!

What do you have if you have one German?

You have a fine man.

Two Germans, you have a bund.

Three Germans? A war!

Are you really in such a good mood,
Herr G�ring?

Qr is this your way of handling fear?

Fear?

What do I have to be afraid of?

I've ordered to hundreds of thousands
of men into battle knowing full well

that not many would return.

Why should I, their leader,
tremble when called upon to face the enemy?

I know that I'm a condemned man.

That is of no consequence.

There is still work to be done.
And, mark my words,

it will be done.

One Englishman? An idiot.

Two Englishmen, a club.

Three Englishmen, an empire!

I spoke with some of the translators to get
a sense of the pace you need to maintain.

It's a little tricky
because it's not just about pace,

it's the rhythm of the phrases.

We should rehearse a little, not the whole
speech, you need to save your voice.

This is unbelievable.

Open them up.

- Good morning, Lieutenant Wheelis.
- Good morning, sir.

It's time to go, Reichsmarschall.

How do I look?

You look fine, sir. How do you feel?

Excited. I have waited many months,
many months of silence.

Now at last I'm being heard.

- Shall we?
- I'm not allowed to do that, sir.

Of course.

Bring them out.

Hitch 'em up.

Pull 'em out.

Alright Sergeant, search the cells.

Sir Geoffrey.

With my respects.

Bless you, Biddle.

After you.

All rise!

This trial, which is now to begin,

is unique in the annals
of jurisprudence.

The defendants,

all having been served
with copies of the indictments,

are now to enter their pleas.

Hermann G�ring.

I have a statement which I will now
read to the court.

The defendants are not to make a speech.

They are only to enter a plea.

I declare myself, in the sense
of the indictment, "nicht schuldig!"

- Rudolf Hess.
- Nicht.

Record that as "not guilty".

- Johachim von Ribbentrop.
- Nicht schuldig.

- Wilhelm Keitel.
- Nicht schuldig.

- Ernst Kaltenbrunner.
- lch deklare mich nicht schuldig.

- Alfred Rosenberg.
- Nicht schuldig.

- Hans Frank.
- Nicht schuldig.

- Wilhelm Frick.
- Nicht schuldig.

- Julius Streicher.
- Nicht schuldig.

- Walter Funk.
- Nicht schuldig.

- Hjalmar Schacht.
- Nicht schuldig.

- Karl Donitz.
- Nicht schuldig.

- Erik Reider.
- Nicht schuldig.

- Waltervon Schirach.
- Nicht schuldig.

- Fritz Sauckel.
- Nicht schuldig.

- Alfred Jodl.
- Nicht schuldig.

- Franzvon Papen.
- Nicht schuldig.

- Otto Zeiss lntracht.
- Nicht schuldig.

- Albert Speer.
- Nicht schuldig.

- Konstantin von Neurath.
- Nicht schuldig.

- Hans Fritsche.
- Nicht schuldig.

All the pleas have now been entered.

Justice Jackson,
your opening address, please.

May it please your honors,

the privilege of opening
the first trial in history

for crimes against the peace of the world

imposes a grave responsibility.

The wrongs which we seek
to condemn and punish

have been so calculated,
so malignant, and so devastating,

that civilization cannot tolerate
their being ignored

because it cannot survive
their being repeated.

That four great nations,

flushed with victory and stung with injury,
stay the hand of vengeance

and voluntarily submit their captive
enemies to the judgment of the law

is one of the most significant tributes
that Power has ever paid to Reason.

If these men are the first war leaders
of a defeated nation

to be prosecuted in the name of the law,

we agree that here they must be given
a presumption of innocence,

and we accept the burden

of proving criminal acts

and the responsibility of these defendants

for their commission.

We have no purpose here

to incriminate
the whole German people.

Hitler did not achieve power
by majority vote

but seized it by an evil alliance
of revolutionists,

reactionaries and militarists.

You will hear today and in the days ahead

of the enormity and the horror
of their acts.

The prosecution will give undeniable proofs

of these incredible events.

I count myself as one

who received during this war
most atrocity tales with suspicion

or skepticism...No more.

The catalogue of crimes will omit nothing
that could be conceived

by their pathological pride, cruelty
and lust for power.

You will hear of the repression
of organized labor;

the harassment of the Church;
the persecution of the Jews,

the conversion of mere anti-Semitism

into the deliberate extermination
of the Jews of Europe.

You will hear of the long series
of German aggressions

and conquests and broken treaties,

the terror that settled over Germany,

the havoc wrought
in the occupied territories.

And you will know
that the real complaining party at your bar

is Civilization.

Civilization asks whether law
is so laggard

as to be utterly helpless

to deal with crimes of this magnitude

by criminals of this order of importance.

It does not expect that you can make war

impossible.

It does expect that you,
or your juridical action

will put the forces of international law,

its precepts, its prohibitions

and, above all, its sanctions,

on the side of peace,

so that men and women of good will
in all countries

may have "Leave to live
by no man's leave,

underneath the law".

The court is now adjourned.

Jackson's speech,
what a tiresome lot of nothing.

I nodded off twice.

The food is better today, do you think
we'll feed us like this every day?

- They always do this before they hang you.
- That's so true.

They can't hang us, we're soldiers.
They have to shoot us.

Please, stop this talk.

We must concentrate on our defense.

If you are not going to eat, Frank,
give it to me.

It's a crime to waste such good food.

Look what they have done to your city.

- Nuremberg is not mine.
- But it was.

Was anything more extraordinary than the
"parteitagen" you staged each September?

The skies would light up like a bonfire

as we carried our torches through
the streets, a quarter million of us,

on our way to the Zeppelin Fields.

I remember standing there for hours,

basking in the radiance of the F�hrer.

Then I'd take a group of my "Hitlerjugend"
to the river, where we'd bathe together.

We'd cool off from the fires
that were burning inside us.

But now that just seems like a dream...

a strange, wonderful, frightening dream.

It was a nightmare

of our own making and it's time to wake up.

The look in Hitler's eyes
was not radiance, it was madness.

Is the British prosecution ready?

Yes, indeed we are.

Your Honors, I wish to read
from the sworn affidavit

by one Hermann Friedirich Graebe,

a German construction manager

who, in a civilian capacity,
was employed by the German Army

in occupied Ukraine

from 1941 to 1944.

On several occasions he observed

mass murders of local Jews

committed by the SS, or "Schutzstaffel",

the Nazi party's police
and security organization.

One such occasion, he writes,

took place on October 5, 1942,

near the city of Dobno.

That morning, Herr Graebe was informed

that all 5,000 Jews

from that city,

were to be taken by SS trucks

to a place near his building site
where they were to be shot

and buried in large pits.

"Thereupon I drove to the site

and saw near it great mounds of earth.

Several SS trucks stood in front of them.

I heard rifle shots, in quick succession,

coming from behind one of the earth mounds.

Those who had just got off the trucks,

men, women and children of all ages,

had to undress

upon the order of an SS man,
who carried a whip.

All these people had the yellow patches
on their clothes,

and thus could be recognized as Jews...

"And without screaming or weeping,

these people undressed,

stood around in family groups,

kissed each other, said farewells.

I watched a family of about eight,

a man and a woman, with their children
and two grownup daughters.

An old woman with snow-white hair
was holding the youngest,

perhaps one year old, in her arms

and singing to it, tickling it.

And the child was cooing with delight.

All the people around were looking on
with tears in their eyes.

The father was holding the hand
of a boy about 10 years old

and speaking to him softly;

the boy was fighting his tears.

The father pointed to the sky,
stroked the boy's head,

and seemed to explain something to him.

At that moment the SS-man at the pit
shouted to his comrades.

The latter counted off about thirty persons

and instructed them
to go behind the earth mound.

Among them was the family
that I have mentioned.

I well remember a girl,
slim and with black hair,

who, as she passed close to me,
pointed to herself and said:

"Twenty-three".

I then walked around the mound,

and found myself confronted
by an enormous grave.

People were closely wedged together
and lying on top of each other

so that only their heads were visible.

Nearly all had blood running over
their shoulders from their heads.

Some of the people shot
were still moving.

Some were lifting their arms
and turning their heads

to show that they were still alive.

The pit was at least two-thirds full.

I estimated that it already contained
about one thousand

humans.

The victims, completely naked,
went down some steps

which were cut out of the wall of the pit.

And clambered over the heads
of the people lying there,

to the place where the SS-man
directed them.

They lay down in front of the dead

or injured;

some caressed those
who were still alive,

and spoke to them in low voices.

Then I heard a series of shots.

I looked back into the pit
and saw that the bodies were twitching,

and the heads lying already motionless
were on top of the bodies

that lay beneath them.

When I walked back, around the mound,

I noticed another truckload
which had just arrived.

This time it included sick and the infirm...

"An old, very thin, very fragile woman.

With terribly thin legs

was undressed by the others
who were already naked,

while two people held her up.
The woman was obviously paralyzed.

The naked people

carried the old woman around the mound.

And the shooting continued.

Signed, Friedirich Graebe...

Did any of you ever hear
of this Graebe?

- Rough day?
- On the contrary.

We had an excellent lunch,
a nice view of the city.

And in the Courtroom,
we had the best seats in the house.

Cuffs off!

They go on about this Graebe person.

It had nothing to do with us.
We were not even mentioned!

They must have very little evidence
against us.

I already suspected the British prosecutor
was a Jew...Now I am sure of it!

Shut up!

Please don't be so naive! We are on trial!

Of course they are going to say terrible
things about us! They have not even begun!

Lock 'em up.

Happy dreams, Lieutenant.

Good night, Reich marshal.

Your Honors, I would like to read
into the record Document 294PS,

which describes manpower initiatives
and how they were directed.

Mr. Justice Jackson,
you have read into record

eight nearly identical documents
on this subject.

Do you really feel it's necessary
to introduce a ninth?

Yes your honor, I do.

Very well. Please continue.

Document 294-PS begins as follows...

Lieutenant,
I have come to the conclusion

that the sentences
are already being carried out.

Justice Jackson
means to bore us to death,

and is succeeding beyond his fondest hopes.

Now the F�hrer, what a speaker.

At a rally, here in Nuremberg,

he held an audience of 250,000 people

in the palm of his hand
for an entire afternoon.

As legal strategy,
your documentary approach

has been unassailable.

But as drama, it is, I regret to say,
absolutely stultifying.

As you know, it's not meant to be
entertainment, it's meant to be a trial.

- And it's ours to lose.
- Atrial is a show, Robert.

Like it or not, it's a show.

And those four learned men
sitting on the Bench

are as impressionable as any audience.

You're pushing for witnesses?

Witnesses will give this trial
a human face.

One compelling witness can outweigh
a ton of documentary evidence.

Mr. Pachelogg,
while you were imprisoned in Dachau,

were you at one time asked
to participate in a medical experiment?

Yes.

And the Nazi doctor who supervised
that experiment, Dr. Rauscher,

did he ever explain to you its purpose?

He said the Luftwaffe had a problem,

that its pilots shot down
over the North Sea

often survived the crash
into freezing waters,

only to die later, after being rescued.

The purpose of the experiment

was to prevent these deaths.

And what experiment did he devise?

First, I helped to strip

other male inmates naked
and put them into water tanks.

You were forced to do this?

Yes.

And then?

Then we added large pieces of ice.

We put thermometers into their rectums

to make sure the men were freezing.

Then some of them we plunged
into hot water,

others in warm water,

others we put next
to naked female inmates,

so the doctor could learn which method

would best revive them.

Mr. Pachelogg,
would you be so kind enough

as to read this conclusion

from Dr. Rauscher's meticulous records.

"Rapid rewarming was in all cases
preferable to slow rewarming

because, after removal from the cold water,

the body temperature
continued to drop rapidly.

Rewarming by animal warmth was too slow...

Mr. Pachelogg,
do you recall whatever became

of the subjects
of Dr. Rauscher's experiments

on behalf of the Luftwaffe?

Most of them went into convulsions
and died.

Thank you.

In 1942, I was arrested, interrogated,

and then ordered to sign
a false confession, I refused.

The German officer threatened me.

I told him, I am not afraid of being shot.

He said, we have means at our disposal

which are far worse than being shot.

Go on...

Soon afterwards, I found myself packed

with 230 other Frenchwomen

in a sealed train, on our way to Auschwitz.

- A sealed train?
- No food, no water.

Nothing.

At Auschwitz the trains ran almost
all the way up to the gas chamber.

They unsealed the cars
and the soldiers let everyone out.

I saw men, women, children;

old couples forced to part from each other,

mothers made to abandon their children.

None were aware of the fate
that awaited them.

Those selected for the gas chamber,

were driven immediately to a red building.

I saw my friend Annette on that truck.

She called to me,

"Think of my little boy
if you ever get back to France".

Then she put her arms around
another French woman

and they began singing "La Marseillaise".

One night,
we were awakened by horrible cries.

The next day we learned
that the Nazis had run out of gas,

and the children
had been thrown into the furnaces alive.

Of the 230 women on your train,

do you know how many
returned from Auschwitz?

49.

Thank you, Madame. You are excused.

The film came in late last night,
and I was up until dawn watching it.

Now very few people have seen this film.

You have got to enter this into evidence
this morning.

- What's the film?
- You're not going to believe this.

May it please the tribunal,
the USA offers a film into evidence.

It was compiled from the motion pictures
taken by Allied military photographers

as their armies liberated areas

into which concentration camps
were located.

You know, it was such a nice day,

laughing, joking,

and then they showed that horrid film.

Propaganda!

Anyone can do it.
A little of this, a little of that,

and before you know it.

Still.

Those films...

You know, I've read any number
of affidavits, reports, statistics.

But I didn't really understand
until I saw those films.

I still don't understand.

I don't think I ever will.

How could civilized human beings
do that to other civilized human beings?

Maybe civilization's overrated.

- Good night Lieutenant.
- Good night Reicshmarshall.

Dr. Speer, help me understand
what I witnessed today in the dining room:

G�ring's ability to dominate
and intimidate

without possessing a real
shred of power...

How do you explain that?

Habit. lnstinct.

Something in the German character
that responds to authority.

- Real or imagined...
- That's it? That's all it is?

What about the ideas he expressed?
Words, thoughts, they had no impact?

What ideas? What thoughts?

There were only platitudes.
Nazi Germany was built on empty platitudes.

A man like you,

you were seduced by empty platitudes?

Of course,

because you can hear in them
any meaning you want.

You said earlier
you wanted to tell me something?

I've been trying to encourage
some of the other defendants

to join with me in accepting guilt
and expressing remorse.

I made progress with Frank, and I have had
high hopes for young von Schirach.

But G�ring wants them to join him.

And I fear now he will succeed.

Unless someone stops him.

I understand.

All rise.

Herr G�ring, do you believe that
the Nazi party came into power legally?

I do.

And I am happy to explain in detail
the history of those first elections.

But I will add that once we came to power,
we were determined to hold onto it

under all circumstances.

We didn't want to leave this to chance,
to elections and parliamentary majorities.

It had always been our plan
once we came to power

that we would eliminate the Reichstag,
dissolve the regional parliaments,

end individual rights.

Where did the idea come from
to combine the ceremonial head of state

and the head of government in one person,
Adolf Hitler?

That's quite simple, we took our example
from the similar dual roles

of the President of the United States.

- And the idea for concentration camps?
- The idea was mine.

It was a question of removing danger.

Only one course was available,
protective custody.

How could the party rule
until it had established order?

And how could it maintain order
with its deadly enemies,

particularly the Communists,
running free?

No further questions.

He's tightening the noose around
his own neck.

He doesn't care,
he's got bigger fish to fry.

This guy is talking right over the heads
of the tribunal to the German people.

I suggest to isolate him from the others
when they're not in the courtroom.

I don't understand! Why are you doing this?

Inside.

I'm just following orders.

During cross, hit G�ring quick and hard,

put him on the defensive right away.

- Never let him breathe.
- I see no point in that at all.

He's blatantly incriminating himself.

I just need to ask and let him answer.

Be prepared
with a tougher line of questioning.

In case it's needed.

- Thank you.
- Sure.

Why am I being punished like a schoolboy?

Speer's behind this?

He must have talked to Colonel Andrus,
persuaded him into this line of action.

How do you know it wasn't me?

Why Dr. Speer? ls there some kind
of rivalry between the two of you?

He is ashamed of being a Nazi, I'm not.

He'll infect the others with his shame.

You have no shame?

The world has now seen proof
of the horrors committed by Nazi Germany.

You're comfortable defending it?

I've seen so many horrors already,
the carnage of the First War,

thousands of my countrymen maimed,
degraded, starved.

No my dear doctor,

I am not an inhuman monster
who has no regard for human life.

These atrocities
are not indifferent to me.

You know, we are accused
of so many appalling acts,

it is hard to keep track.

- Did you try?
- My concern was war.

And in war each nation
has its own selfish interest.

You have to be practical.

I am a practical man. And I'm a soldier.

And a soldier's code is obedience.

- Obedience.
- This amuses you?

Blind obedience without responsibility.

Is there nobody in this country that
will take responsibility for anything!

- Nobody who can say no?
- Take a look at every cell in this block.

What do you see? Yes men.

All the no men are six feet underground.

What is this?

You're Jewish, aren't you?

Yes, I am.

I see.

This is a very interesting situation,
for both of us.

Good luck, old boy.

- So, what's his plan?
- Haven't a clue.

Will the witness repeat
this oath after me:

I swear by God the Almighty and Omniscient,

that I will speak the pure truth

and will withhold and add nothing.

Mr. Chief Prosecutor...

You are perhaps aware
that you are the only living man

who can expound to us

the true purposes of the Nazi Party
and the inner workings of its leadership.

I am aware of that.

And you, from the beginning, together with
those you were associated with,

intended to overthrow, and later on
you did it, Germany's previous government,

the Weimar Republic?

That was my firm intention.

And upon coming to power
you immediately abolished

parliamentary democratic government.

We found it no longer to be necessary.

Is it not true that people
were thrown into concentration camps

without recourse from the courts?

You must distinguish between two categories.

Those who had committed
some kind of treason against the new state

were naturally turned over to the courts.

The others, of whom one might expect
such acts, but hadn't yet committed them,

like the people of the Communist Party.

You've answered the question, thank you.

I need to explain...

You'll have the opportunity to explain
under re-examination from your own counsel.

Now, did you prohibit all court review
of the cause for taking people

into what you were calling
at the time protective custody?

That I answered clearly,

but I should like to make an explanation
in connection with my answer...

Your counsel will see to that.
Now, about the concentration camps...

The Tribunal thinks the witness ought
to be allowed to make what explanation

he thinks right in answer to this question.

The Tribunal thinks that you should
be permitted to explain your answer now,

and it will listen to your explanation.

I want to say that I issued a decree

that those who were turned over
to concentration camps

should be informed
after 24 hours of the reason,

and allowed an attorney after 48 hours.

This by no means rescinded my order
that a court review was not permitted.

By protective custody you mean
that you were taking people into custody

who had not committed a crime,

but you believed might, quite possibly,
commit a crime in the future?

Just as extensive protective measures
are being taken in Germany today...

I didn't ask you about Germany today.

- Mr. Justice Jackson.
- This is poor preparation.

The witness may finish his explanation.

You say that you were
against the attack on Soviet Russia.

Yet you gave no warning
to the German people,

you brought no pressure to prevent
the attack,

you did not even resign...

We were at war
and such differences of opinion

couldn't be brought
before the public during war.

- This was the case in your own country.
- That will suffice.

- I'm not finished. Secondly...
- Your Honor, please...

The witness must be allowed
to have his say.

Secondly, about my resignation,

I do not wish even to discuss that,

for I was an officer, a soldier,
I served my country.

Now, I ask you this...

Thirdly, I was not...

...the man to forsake someone
to whom I had given my oath of loyalty

when he was not to my way of thinking.

It never, ever occurred to me
to leave the F�hrer.

The witness is adopting a contemptuous
attitude toward this tribunal

which is giving him the trial
that he never gave a living soul,

- nor dead ones either!
- Objection, your honor.

I'm ready for the next question.

I think this is probably a good point
to adjourn for the day.

Tough calls from the bench.

Well, it's only round one.

If you think you need anything,
don't forget, I'm here.

As the week ends,
there's a consensus among all present

that Hermann G�ring now appears
to be in control of the court.

Will Jackson, will anyone,
be able to stop him?

Yes Bob?

You know, Judge,
I didn't leave the Supreme Court

to come here and be thwarted
by a fellow countrymen.

That sounds like sour grapes.
Very unbecoming.

To an outsider, it might appear like you
were deliberately trying to sabotage me.

You gave G�ring an open forum
during direct examination,

I must be able to control him
during cross.

Just accept the fact that you weren't
at the top of your game today.

You have the weekend
to prepare for the next round,

make good use of it.

- Not hungry, sir?
- I'm too excited to eat.

Did you hear my reply
when he asked me why I did not resign?

I lectured him about loyalty!

You should have seen Jackson's face.

It was a completely foreign concept to him!

If I didn't know better,
I would say Jackson was a Jew.

No. Keep it.

My initials, see? Engraved.

It's real nice.

- I'm never gonna forget this.
- I know, Lieutenant. I know.

Sit down.

- You know, my friends call me Tex.
- All right, Tex.

Let me tell you something, Tex.

America will learn that they're backing
the wrong philosophy here.

We should both be together
fighting the forces of Communism.

- You think?
- Yes. You think?

Yes.

- I think we both agree, no?
- Yes.

I'd like to dictate a telegram.

President Harry Truman, the White House.

Please accept my resignation
as Chief Prosecutor for the Nuremberg Trial

and appoint a replacement
at the earliest possible.

Bob, I'm not writing this, I won't.

You saw today that I'm not up to this task.

Now I could stay, out of pride,

and unravel everything that we've
all worked so hard to accomplish here.

- Qr I can step aside.
- You are this trial.

Everything it is, everything it represents,
is from inside you.

Your thoughts, your values.

I tasted failure today
and realized what it would mean.

Not only to myself, but to everyone
connected with this proceeding.

The only way they can triumph over you

is if their values are stronger than yours,

if they believe in their ideals
more than you believe in yours.

Is that true, Bob?

Does G�ring actually believe in his ideas
more than you believe in yours?

You're right.

And thank you.

You're welcome.

Now look here.
What happened wasn't entirely your fault.

God knows, I'd be hard-pressed
to defeat a clever defendant

who's allowed to say whatever he wants
for as long as he wants.

Well now that you've finished
with the niceties, let's have the truth.

Well, it was very damaging, Robert.

I mean you've introduced this trial
from a position of moral superiority.

And as a result
you've become its chief symbol.

Now if you can't maintain that,
or if the balance shifts ever so slightly,

it could be a disaster.

G�ring is using this trial

to present himself
as a philosopher/statesman like Hitler.

- Do you see G�ring as a statesman?
- No I do not.

I see him as reprehensible, as inhuman.

Then treat him as such.
Treat him as the vile, conniving,

bloody fascist bastard that he is.

- Where the hell is he?
- He'll be here.

Mr. Chief Prosecutor, if you are ready...

From the very beginning,
you regarded the elimination of the Jews

from the economic life of Germany
as under your jurisdiction, did you not?

Yes.

The elimination from economic life,
that is partly correct.

Large industries, also armament industries
under Jewish directors.

Was that the first
of your legal measures against the Jews?

I believe removal from office was first,
in 1933.

Then in 1936 you personally drafted an act

making it punishable by death
to transfer property abroad.

That is correct.

And another that all damage
caused to Jewish property,

by the anti-Jewish riots of 1938

must be repaired by Jews
at their own expense

with their insurance claims
forfeited to the Reich.

I did sign a similar law.
Whether it was exactly the same l...

And did you not say about those riots,

I show you this transcript,

did you not say,
"I wish you had killed 200 Jews

instead of destroying such valuables?"

That was said in a moment
of bad temper and extreme excitement.

Spontaneous sincerity, in other words.

Did you not also personally
sign a decree in September, 1940,

ordering seizure
of all Jewish property in Poland?

I assume so, if the decree is there.

And another which provided that Jews
receive no compensation

for damages caused by enemy attacks
or by German forces?

If it bears my name, then it must be so.

Is this your signature?

- It appears to be...
- Is it, or is it not, your signature?

It is...

Your signature

on a decree dated July, 1941,

asking Himmler and Heydrich and the SS
to make plans

for the final solution
of the Jewish question.

That is not a proper translation.

I said total solution,
not the final solution.

These are your words to Himmler:

"I charge you to send me before long
an overall plan

concerning the organizational,
factual and material measures

necessary for the desired solution
of the Jewish question...

Is that not an accurate translation
of what you wrote to Heydrich and Himmler?

That had to do with emigration
and evacuation of the Jews.

You ordered all other government agencies
to cooperate with the SS

in the solution of the Jewish question!

There's nothing about the SS...

This document states you personally ordered
all government agencies

to cooperate with the SS.

You sent this letter to Heydrich!

That doesn't mean that the SS had to do
with the solution to the Jewish question.

Would you mind repeating that?

I must say this clearly:

I did not know anything that took place,

or the methods that were used
in the concentration camps, later.

These things were kept secret from me.

And I might add that in my opinion

even the F�hrer did not know
the extent of what was happening.

There is evidence before this court

that nearly ten million people
had been exterminated,

murdered in cold blood.

You mean to say that you did not,

and also Hitler did not know
what took place in the concentration camps?

Yes.

Do you know that Hitler said in 1943,

in a recorded meeting,
I read you his words now.

Quote:
"The Reich's Minister of Foreign Affairs

declared that the Jews
should be exterminated

or taken to concentration camps.

There is no other possibility...

The Minister of Foreign Affairs,
Ribbentrop,

talked with Hitler about extermination

and you were above Ribbentrop,
you were Hitler's second in command.

You were in charge
of the economic Four Year Plan,

so you knew about the gold wedding rings,

the gold teeth, and the gold eyeglasses
that the victims left behind.

And you have heard that it took
five extra minutes to kill the women

because they had to cut their hair off

to be used in making mattresses.

Nothing...

...was told to you about the material taken
from the people that had been murdered?

No!

How can you imagine such a thing?

I was laying down the broad outlines
of the German economy.

- The witness is excused.
- I'm not finished.

- I am not finished.
- The witness is excused.

You know what would've been a great touch?
G�ring showing up in a Santa outfit.

He'd probably do it, after all,
he was the Third Reich's chief bon vivant.

Did you ever see pictures of G�ring
at Hitler's mountain retreat,

dressed like a Tyrolean chorus boy
out of some grotesque operetta.

Excuse me.

Leaving so soon?

Some of the defendants asked me to come by.

A Christmas Eve chat with their rabbi.

The trial is about to enter a new phase,
a very important one,

in which the defendants will have to choose

between stonewalling and evading,
or taking responsibility for their actions.

Now you are the best chance we have

to influence that choice.

Frau Hassel? ls something wrong?

Do not ask me to serve the Russians.

They're our guests.

My son was killed on the Russian front.

I'll take care of this, go to the kitchen.

Try these little sausage things, General.

I forget what Frau Hassel calls them,
but I hear they're mighty tasty.

Madame...

twenty million of my people
were killed by the Germans.

Do you think I could be offended
by the snub of a "hausfrau?"

I don't know what to think, I can't
keep track of all the politics here.

The Russians don't disappear in a crowd.

They've suffered more in this war
than any other country.

Must be doubly painful
to attract such little sympathy.

And Jackson decreed
no wives could come along.

Worked out quite nicely for him,
wouldn't you say?

Merry Christmas.

This was a very nice gesture.

I figured it's probably
their last Christmas.

Merry Christmas, Colonel.

- Field Marshal.
- Doctor.

- How are you?
- I'm so glad that you are here.

Please sit.

You are the only one I can really talk to.

But you don't talk to me, Field Marshal,

not really.

- I tell you everything about my family.
- But not about you.

I'd like to understand how a man like you,
a man of your background,

could have drafted an instrument
like the Commando Order.

Allied soldiers
found behind enemy lines were shot

rather than captured.

Or the Night and Fog decree,
suspected resistance members

were arrested in the middle of the night
and secretly murdered...

Because of you.

I know.

I am dying of shame.

Don't you think it's time you admitted that
to the rest of the world?

I'm not in the mood, alright.

Get off!

You were signing orders
that broke international laws and treaties.

How could you not question
what you were doing?

Does a lieutenant say to his captain:

"Just a minute, sir, I have to consult
the Hague Convention

to see if I am allowed
to carry out your orders?"

If we had disobeyed,
we would have been arrested.

Without the support of his generals,

Hitler could not have waged war.

It is a soldier's duty is to obey orders.

That is a code I have lived by all my life.

And that code extends to the people
who ran the death camps?

- I'm sorry, sir.
- Tex, my friend.

Come in, come in. Sit down.

It's good to see you.

I know that Christmas time
can be a lonely thing

when you're away from home.

- Merry Christmas, Reich marshal.
- My dear Tex...

What luxury.

Prosit.

Cognac.

So what would you be doing back in Texas?

On Christmas morning, we'd open
our presents and then go to church.

After that we'd head over to grandparents
for a big roast turkey dinner.

After that, Dad, Grandpa and me,

we'd go out back hunting for pheasant...

Hunting!

Hunting was my passion.
I was Germany's chief gamekeeper.

No kidding'...

The shooting around my estates at Carinhall
was wonderful.

Did Hitler ever go hunting with you?

I shouldn't tell you this,
but Hitler did not approve of hunting.

He felt that killing animals was immoral.

He was a vegetarian.

He was a vegetarian.

But that did not stop him from being
the most gracious host in Europe.

His dinner parties were legend.
Always the finest caviar and champagne.

Thought he did not partake,
he was not intolerant.

He would dazzle his guests
with every view under the sun

until dawn.

I remember once we were celebrating
the triumph of Compiegne,

where we savored the sweet revenge
of the French

having surrendered in the same railway car
that the Germans had capitulated in,

in 1918!

- That must've been something'.
- It was, believe me.

It was.

You know, Tex,
I have made my career as a military man

and I have to say you remind me

of some of the finest young German soldiers
who served under me.

- Thank you.
- Merry Christmas.

Hello, America.

As Christmas descends
upon this sad and broken city,

I'm here,
inside her great Palace of Justice.

And on this Christmas Eve,

as we're filled
with thoughts of Peace on Earth,

it is here that the future of peace

may well be determined.

Herr von Ribbentrop, would you agree

that as Foreign Minister you forced
Czechoslovakia to surrender its territory

- by the threats of aggression?
- I do not agree.

You threatened to send your army in,
in overwhelming strength,

and also bomb Prague.

What pressure could you have put upon them?

- War, for instance.
- War?

What is that but war?

Ribbentrop should be hanged
for his stupidity.

That is the greatest crime of all.

In your newspaper you wrote

that the Jews are "a nation
of bloodsuckers and extortionists".

Do you think that
that's preaching race hatred?

No, I do not think
it's preaching race hatred.

It is simply a statement of fact.

Dr. Funk,

you were President of the Reichsbank
during the war?

I was.

And you accepted unusual deposits
into your bank, didn't you?

I do not know what you refer to.

I am referring to deposits sent to you
by the SS from concentration camps.

I have no knowledge of...

lnside the Reichsbank vaults,
there were literally piles of jewelry,

gold watches, gold earrings,
gold eyeglass frames

and gold teeth!

Many people deposit valuables in a bank

and is not required to look into them.

Prior to 1939,
exactly how many of your customers

deposited their teeth into your bank?

You've heard a guard at Mauthausen camp

testify that you watched

while the gas chamber was demonstrated
on inmates.

I never set foot in Mauthausen!

And we have heard eyewitness testimony
from three people

-that you were at Mauthausen three times.
- They are lying!

And before he died, the Commandant
at Mauthausen signed this statement

that you ordered him to put
65,000 Jews in a tunnel

and seal it off, rather than allow them
to be liberated by the Allies.

And is it not a fact that you are
simply lying to the Tribunal about this,

as you have lied about everything else?

That is also a lie!

Kaltenbrunner has asked
the commandant of Auschwitz

testify in his defense.

- If that's a joke, I don't get it.
- I don't get it, either, but it's no joke.

The British have him in custody,
they've agreed to transfer him here.

Maybe Kaltenbrunner just figures
he'll look better by comparison.

We're not really going to allow this?

Let the guy walk in, say God-knows-what,
give Kaltenbrunner an alibi?

Might be a cheap price to pay, though,

for the opportunity
to cross-examine him later on.

During the entire time
you were commandant of Auschwitz,

did Ernst Kaltenbrunner
ever visit the camp?

- No.
- Not once?

Never.

Thank you.

One minute, please.

Mr. Hoss.

How long were you commandant
of Auschwitz concentration camp?

- From the beginning.
- And what was its purpose?

At that time, to house prisoners
who were being held in protective custody.

And after that?

I was called to Berlin by my boss,
ReichsF�hrer Himmler,

in 1941,

and he informed me

that the F�hrer had ordered
the Final Solution

of the Jewish question.

I was not sure what I was supposed to do.

So Adolf Eichmann advised me
to visit a camp at Treblinka,

to learn from its operation.

And what did you learn there?

Actually, I was not impressed.

It was taking the commandant there

six months to eliminate 85.000 Jews

using monoxide gas.

I had a better idea.

One of my Auchwitz guards

had accidentally sniffed
a chemical disinfectant

called Zyklon B
and had passed out immediately.

It occurred to me,
if a little of this chemical killed lice,

enough, perhaps, would kill a human.

I tested it on Soviet prisoners of war,
locked in a room, and it worked.

Within three to fifteen minutes,
they were dead.

And then?

I built gas chambers
to accommodate 2000 inmates at a time,

compared to Treblinka's two hundred.

And I built four large ovens
to cremate the remains.

It became possible to eliminate
1.000 people in 24 hours.

But that was at peak operation,
which was exhausting for my staff.

On the average,
we would dispatch 2000 people a day.

How many men did it take
to dispatch 2000 people a day?

I had a staff
of approximately 3000 men.

And during your tenure at Auschwitz,

how many people did you dispose of
in this fashion?

Approximately two and a half million.

- No further questions.
- I wish to make this clear,

I did not tolerate gratuitous cruelty.

My men were there to exterminate people,
not torment them.

Any misconduct by the guards was punished,
I can assure you.

The witness is excused.

Court is adjourned
until nine o'clock tomorrow morning.

My life was entirely normal.

Even while doing this extermination work,

I would say I led
a perfectly normal family life.

How would you describe that life?

I've always been happiest alone.

I never had any real intimacy
with my parents, my sisters.

Commandant.

Do you feel

that the Jews you murdered
deserved their fate?

I have always been taught
that the Jew was an enemy of Germany.

So when you were ordered
to turn your prison camp into a death camp,

you never, once,
thought what you were doing was wrong?

I was an SS man.

We were trained
to obey orders without thinking.

Does a rat-catcher think it is wrong
to kill rats?

A rat catcher catching rats.

Is that the kind of thinking
state sanctioned mass murder behind?

Not just blind obedience, but also
a belief that your victims are not human?

Let me ask you this: what was Hiroshima?

Was it not your medical experiment?

Would America have dropped bombs
as easily on Germany as it did upon Japan,

killing as many civilians as possible?

I think not.

To an American's sensibility,

a Caucasian child is considerably
more human than a Japanese child.

America was at war with Japan,

a country that had attacked it
without provocation.

You murdered millions of your own citizens.

And the American citizens
of the Japanese race

who were put into "protective custody"
in your own concentration camps?

Why was this not done to American citizens
of Italian and German descent?

I said it was wrong.

And what of the Negro officers
in your own army?

Can they command troops in combat
or sit on the same buses as the whites?

The segregation laws in your country,
and the anti-Semitic laws in mine,

are they not just a difference of degree?

From the beginning of the century,

through the first war, until Hitler,

the freemasonry of the Jewish merchants

consistently undermined the German economy
and the nationhood of the fatherland.

That is why we made anti-Semitic laws.

And why you, my friend,
can never understand anti-Semitism.

Why? Because you are a Jew.

- Is Defense counsel ready to proceed?
- Ready, your Honor.

Herr Sauckel,

from March, 1942,

you were in charge of procuring labor
for the war effort.

And you are aware that it was a crime
under the Hague Conventions

to forcibly deport citizens
of other countries to Germany

- as workers?
- Yes.

How many workers came into Germany
during your tenure?

Approximately five million...

- And how many of them came voluntarily?
- Perhaps two hundred thousand.

Did you issue these directives
calling for their decent treatment?

I did.

I ask that they be marked as exhibits
and accepted into evidence.

So ordered.

Herr Sauckel,
who ordered you to procure these workers?

Albert Speer, Minister of Armaments,
he gave orders to you?

- And you had to obey them?
- Yes.

Every worker you brought in,
it was under Speer's orders?

It was.

No further questions.

I know this is unorthodox, Mr. Dodd,

to request an audience
with the man assigned to cross-examine me.

There's nothing very orthodox
about this whole trial, Dr. Speer.

My lawyer has been trying to talk me out
of confessing to war crimes

that might incur the death penalty.

I don't wish to hide the truth to save me
and to hate myself for the rest of my life.

- I wish the other shared that view.
- Some of them do.

Many are still under G�ring's influence.

He is your chief rival for the souls
of the other defendants.

G�ring was cross-examined
by the chief prosecutor, Justice Jackson,

while I am to be questioned by you,
a subordinate.

The difference has been noticed.

In their eyes, it puts me
in an inferior status to G�ring.

That's a peculiar measure of status.

Not to a German war criminal.

I hope you don't have a problem with it.

No. I got no ego running on this.

I'll present your request to my superior,
Mr. Jackson.

Dr. Speer, did you disapprove
of Sauckel's recruitment of labor?

On the contrary.

I was grateful to Sauckel
for every worker he provided.

Whenever we failed to meet armament quotas
because of shortage of workers,

I would blame Sauckel.

Do you wish to limit your responsibility
to your particular sphere of work?

No.

This war has brought
an inconceivable catastrophe.

As an important member
of the leadership of the Reich,

I share in the total responsibility
for the disaster of the German people.

Dr. Speer, near the end of the war,
did you not refuse

to carry out Hitler's order
to raze Germany to the ground?

I have no intention of using my actions
during that phase of the war

to help me in my personal defense.

But I would like those who sit in judgment
of me to understand that period.

In March of 1945, Hitler
intended, deliberately, to destroy

the means of life for his own people
if the war were lost.

He said,
let the Allies conquer nothing but ashes.

But you resisted his wishes,

sending him instead this memorandum.

Would you read it to the court please.

"Nobody has the right to destroy
industrial plants, coal mines,

electrical plants and other facilities.

We have no right to carry out destruction

which might affect the life of the people.

Signed, Speer...

We have heard here that people were shot

for disagreeing with Hitler.

- Is this true?
- That did happen.

And yet not only did you disagree with him,

but early in 1945, you actually made a plan
to assassinate Hitler.

He what!

Is that not so?

- Yes, it is so.
- Traitor!

It is so.

Because of what I viewed
as his insane destructiveness.

What did you do? What was your plan?

I knew of an air-intake shaft

in the Reich Chancellory garden
that ventilated the F�hrerbunker below.

I went to the head
of my munitions department and said:

"There's only one way to end this war".

And asked him to get me

a poison gas to drop
into the ventilating system.

But the next time I went there,
they had built a twelve-foot chimney

protecting the ventilator,
and SS guards were patrolling there,

so it came to nothing.

Mr. Chief Prosecutor?

You acknowledge a responsibility
for Germany's large policies,

but not for the details occurred
in their execution. Is that right?

Yes, sir, very fair.

May I ask the witness a question
in order to clarify this answer, please?

You may.

Do you want to acknowledge guilt
under criminal law,

or do you wish to record
a historical responsibility

before your own people and before history?

The question
is a very difficult one to answer.

It is actually one which the Tribunal

will decide in its verdict.

Cuffs off!

You would assassinate the F�hrer?

Listen, if you get out of this alive
we'll put together our own Court

and execute you for treason!

As a German officer,
I consider it my duty

to answer for all I have done.

It will not always be possible to separate
guilt from the threads of destiny.

But the men in the front lines
cannot be charged with guilt

while the highest leaders
reject responsibility.

- That is wrong and unworthy.
- It was my guilt,

which I will have to carry before God
and the entire German nation,

that I educated the youth for a man

who I considered to be
an impeccable leader and head of state.

But I educated the youth of Germany

for a man
who committed murders a million fold.

A thousand years will pass and the guilt
of Germany will not yet be erased.

- The prisoners aren't allowed visitors.
- I am the wife of Reichsmarshal G�ring.

This is his daughter.

No exceptions, ma'am.

Frau G�ring.

Hi. My name is Captain Gilbert.

Nice to meet you. Would you have a moment
to spend with me, to talk.

- Yes.
- Very good.

- This is Edda.
- Hello Edda, I'm Captain Gilbert.

Do you like chocolate?

It must have been very difficult for you
these last few months,

especially with your little girl.

It could have been worse, I suppose.

Hitler could have survived.

You've obviously come to terms
with the truth.

I only wish your husband could do the same.

But he persists in remaining loyal
to Hitler's memory.

Yes, I cannot understand it, either.

Such loyalty to a man who wanted us dead.

I'm sorry?

Hitler ordered all of us to be shot.

Hermann, myself, our precious child.

It is why we surrendered to the Americans.

Why else would we have done such a thing?

I went through my notes last night.

I've spent all these months
trying to find a way inside their minds,

hoping to understand how those people
could commit such atrocities

against my people.

I believe there are a couple of factors
that explain a lot of it.

First, Germany is a country
where people do what they're told.

You obey your parents, teachers,

clergymen, superior officers,

you're raised from childhood
not to question authority.

So, when Hitler comes to power,
he has an entire nation

that believes it's perfectly natural
to do whatever he says.

Second, propaganda.

For years, Germans have been bombarded
with ideas like:

"Jews are not real human beings".

Qr "they're a corruption of the race".

So when the Government says

it's permissible to deprive Jews
their rights,

and then says it's imperative

to kill these inferior people,

they comply.

Even if they'd been
your friends and neighbors.

Anything else?

I told you once that I was searching
for the nature of evil.

I think I've come close to defining it.

A lack of empathy.

It's the one characteristic
that connects all the defendants,

a genuine incapacity

to feel with their fellow man.

Evil, I think,

is the absence of empathy.

I call on the Chief Prosecutor
for his closing argument.

Mr. President
and Members of the Tribunal,

it is impossible in summation

to do more than outline with bold strokes,

the vitals of this trial's mad
and melancholy record,

for no time has ever witnessed
slaughter on such a grand scale,

such cruelties and inhumanities,

such wholesale deportations

of peoples into slavery,
such annihilations of minorities,

events which will live
as the historical text

of the twentieth century's

shame and depravity.

Terror was the order of the day.

Civilians were arrested without charges,
committed without counsel,

executed without hearing.

Villages were destroyed,
the male inhabitants shot

or sent to forced labor,

and the children scattered abroad.

The Nazi movement will be
of evil memory in history

because of its persecution of the Jews,

the most far-flung and terrible
racial persecution of all time.

So thorough and uncompromising
was this program

that the Jews of Europe as a race
no longer exist,

thus fulfilling the diabolic "prophesy"
of Hitler at the beginning of the war.

Generations to come
will remember this decade.

If we cannot eliminate the cause

and prevent the repetition
of these barbaric events,

this century may yet succeed

in bringing the doom of civilization.

The time has come for final judgment
and if the case I present seems hard

and uncompromising,

then it is only because
the evidence makes it so.

A glance at the dock will show that,
despite quarrels among themselves,

each defendant played a part
that fitted in with every other,

and all advanced the common plan.

It was these men among millions of others,
and it was these men

leading millions of others
who built up Adolf Hitler.

They intoxicated him.

He, of the psychopathic personality
with power,

and adulation.

They fit his hates, and aroused his fears.

They put a loaded gun in his eager hands.

It was left to Hitler to pull the trigger,
and when he did they all,

at that time, applauded.

Hitler's guilt stands admitted.
By some defendants, reluctantly,

but some vindictively.

But Hitler's guilt
is the guilt of the whole dock,

and of every man in it.

These defendants now ask this Tribunal
to say they are not guilty

of planning, executing,

or conspiring to commit
this long list of crimes

and wrongs.

They stand before the record of this Trial

as bloodstained Gloucester
stood by the body of his slain king.

He begged the widow, as they beg of you:

"Say I slew them not".

And the Queen replied,
"Then say they were not slain.

But dead they are..."

If you were to say

of these men that they are not guilty,

it would be as true to say
that there has been no war,

there are no slain,

there has been no crime.

Captain.

Jews escalate fight for homeland.
It's ironic.

After everything that's happened,
I don't blame them for wanting a homeland.

One of the many ripples we'll see
from this war and from this trial.

- Shall we?
- Yes.

The defendants may now make
their final statements.

Defendant Herman G�ring.

This has been a poor excuse for a trial.

But firstly, I must reiterate

my lack of knowledge
for these terrible mass murders,

which I cannot begin to understand,

and furthermore I condemn wholeheartedly.

As for the trial,
the statements of the defendants

were accepted as true
only when they supported the prosecution.

They were treated as perjury
when they refuted the indictment.

This is not a basis of proof.

Why am I in the dock
being treated as a common criminal?

I say to my judges, have no illusions.

Since the three greatest powers on earth,

together with other nations,
fought against us, we were conquered

by tremendous enemy superiority.

Justice

has absolutely nothing to do
with this trial.

Defendant Albert Speer.

How could so advanced,

so cultured,

so sophisticated a nation as Germany

have fallen under Hitler's demonic sway?

The explanation is modern communications.

No longer does a leader have to delegate
authority afar to subordinates

exercising independent judgment.

Given modern communications,
a Hitler can rule directly and personally.

Thus, the more technical the world becomes,

the more individual freedom

and the self-rule of mankind
becomes essential.

This war has ended on the note

of radio-controlled rockets,

aircraft approaching the speed of sound,

submarines and torpedoes
which can find their own targets,

atom bombs and the horrible prospect
of chemical warfare.

In five to ten years, this kind of warfare
will give the possibility of firing rockets

from continent to continent
with uncanny precision.

Through the smashing of the atom,

it will be possible to destroy
a million people in New York City

in a matter of seconds with a rocket
serviced by perhaps ten men.

A new large-scale war

will end with the destruction
of human culture and civilization.

That is why this trial must contribute

to the prevention
of such wars in the future,

a nation believing in its future
will never perish.

May God protect Germany

and the culture of the West.

We are agreed.

Three of four votes will be required
for the finding of guilty.

Agreed.

Now, if the judgment is death,

might we not consider the firing squad
for the military defendants?

I disagree most strongly.

The bullet is for the honorable adversary,
not for butchers.

- I say hanging.
- I agree.

We will take the defendants
in the order they were indicted.

G�ring...

Go have some of the lovely food...

There is talk that you will be hanged.

I won't be hanged.

That I assure you, that I pledge.

Perhaps the court will send you
to an island, like Elba.

We could join you there.

Go on, eat. Eat.

Do you think that we would be allowed
to take some of the food home with us?

I can certainly ask.

...the Charter clearly states
that following orders

"may be considered
in mitigation of punishment".

May be, not must be.

You have become
such beautiful young ladies.

When are they going to shoot you, Papa?

Hans Frank is a most a tragic figure.

His penitence is obviously real.

It would be a meaningful gesture for us
to spare his life.

No. He should hang.

All rise!

Each Defendant will stand
as his name is called

to hear the judgments
on the four counts applicable to him

and the sentence if found guilty
on any of the counts.

The counts,
numbered one through four, are:

conspiracy to commit aggression,

the commission of aggression,

crimes in the conduct of warfare,

and crimes against humanity.

Defendant Hermann G�ring.

The Tribunal finds you guilty
on all four counts

and sentences you to death by hanging.

Rudolf Hess.

On the charges of crimes against humanity,

the Tribunal finds you not guilty.

But we find you guilty
on counts one and two

and thereby sentence you
to imprisonment for life.

Admiral Wilhelm Keitel.

Guilty on all four counts.

The Tribunal sentences you
to death by hanging.

Defendant Hans Frank.

The Tribunal finds you guilty
on counts three and four

and sentences you to death by hanging.

Julius Streicher.

Guilty on count four,
crimes against humanity.

Death by hanging.

Defendant Schacht.

The Tribunal has come to the conclusion

that the evidence against Hjalmar Schacht

has not been established
beyond a reasonable doubt

and, therefore, finds that Schacht
is not guilty on this indictment.

Quiet, please.

The Defendant Karl Donitz.

Guilty on counts two and three.

The Tribunal sentences you
to ten years imprisonment.

Foreign Minister von Ribbentrop,

guilty of all four counts.

The Tribunal sentences you
to death by hanging.

Ernst Kaltenbrunner,

guilty on counts three and four.

The Tribunal sentences you
to death my hanging.

Baldur von Schirach.

Guilty on count four.
Twenty years in prison.

Alfred Jodl.
On all four counts, guilty.

Death by hanging.

Hans Fritsche.

Not guilty.

Franzvon Papen.

Not guilty.

Walter Funk.

Guilty on counts two, three and four.

The Tribunal sentences you
to imprisonment for life.

Defendant Fritz Sauckel.

Guilty on counts three and four.

Death by hanging.

Defendant Albert Speer.

The tribunal finds you not guilty
on counts one and two.

But you have been found guilty
on counts three and four.

Albert Speer,

the Court sentences you
to twenty years imprisonment.

The work of this Tribunal is now complete.

Lieutenant, my dear Tex,
why this long face.

Have I not told you there's a special place
in Valhalla waiting for me?

I don't know.

I thought things might have
turned out differently.

Well, you know, they might have done

if it wasn't for one
very unfortunate thing:

those mass murders.

I must tell you,
I could not see their purpose.

They were absolutely unnecessary.

They made no sense from a nationalistic
point of view.

Our legacy has been forever tainted.

But make no mistake.

Everything Hitler did before the war
was right, the German people knew it.

And one day they will remember it.
And you must remember it too, my dear Tex.

When you remember me, remember that.

Yes.

Now, to practical matters.

- There are few things I want to give you.
- No, sorry...

Please.

Where I'm going, I must travel light.

It's inscribed, see, with my name.

Take it.

The few valuables I have

are in my briefcase, in the baggage room.

Can you retrieve that for me, my dear Tex?

Yes sir.

I have only one question to ask you.

Is there a possibility that
I may be allowed to face a firing squad,

- and die a soldier's death?
- None.

Just as well.
I hear the Americans are very poor shots.

Now if you'll excuse me,
I must write a letter.

For the rest of my life,
Herr Reichsmarschall,

people will ask me
what your final thoughts were.

- And I'll have nothing to tell them.
- You can tell them this:

I say, for now and all time,

that the foreigners who have imposed
this sentence upon me may murder me,

but they have no right to judge me.

That I deny them.

Now, you must excuse me,
I do have to write this letter.

Thank you.

My one and only sweetheart.

My life came to an end
when I bade you farewell for the last time.

Do not grieve my dearest one.

Since then I have felt at peace with myself

and consider my death a deliverance.

All my thoughts are with you
and our own dear, sweet child.

My last heartbeats

of our great and eternal love.

Colonel, may I?

- You got what you want?
- I got it, sir.

Gentlemen, follow me.

- My God!
- Get dressed.

Get a doctor!

Somebody get a doctor!

Cyanide.

Son of a bitch.

- State your name.
- Johachim von Ribbentrop.

Do you have anything to say?

My last wish is that Germany
realize its destiny.

I wish peace to the world.

- Do you have anything to say?
- I now join my sons.

Deutschland �ber alles!

Three.

I'm dying an innocent man.

I ask God to accept me with my sin.

Heil Hitler!

Seven.

All cleaned out. Everything.
The cells are to be scrubbed clean.

Nothing's to be left.

Thanks.

You know when we get home,
we've got some decisions to make.

- Some personal decisions.
- Let's just wait till we get home.

Hello you two.

You know it may sound strange,

but I can't help feeling
sentimental about this.

I understand.

I got a letter from a friend today.
Saying that 'cause of what we've done here,

none of it can ever happen again.

What do you think?

Well, we can hope, can't we.

Bye.

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