On November 20th, 1945, though, Maynes was in courtroom 600 for what was billed as the trial of the century. Projectors superimpose on today’s courtroom black and white newsreel footage from the moment 80 years ago when Nazism went on trial. “He seemed in good spirits, and had an air, real or assumed, of confidence,” continued the first Nuremberg trial report. Hermann Göring during cross-examination at his trial for war crimes in Room 600 at the Palace of Justice in Nuremberg, Germany, in 1946. Flags of USA, Great Britain and the Soviet Union in front of the Memorium Nuremberg Trials building in Nuremberg, Germany.


Source:   The Irish Times
November 07, 2025 16:37 UTC