Rare issue of the Newsday daily newspaper, dated Tuesday, October 1, 1946, bearing the bold headline: “12 NAZIS TO DIE; 19 GUILTY, 3 FREE” – the historic announcement of the verdicts handed down by the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg: 12 sentenced to death, 19 found guilty, and 3 acquitted. FINAL EDITION – Special evening edition published on the very day the judgments were delivered in the first and most prominent of the Nuremberg Trials, in which 22 of the leading Nazi officials were brought to justice.
Rare issue of Newsday, Tuesday, October 1, 1946, featuring the historic front-page headline: “12 NAZIS TO DIE; 19 GUILTY, 3 FREE” – reporting on the final verdicts of the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg, handed down that very day against the 22 principal Nazi war criminals in the first and most significant of the Nuremberg Trials. The front page includes photographs of the convicted Nazi war criminals, along with brief summaries of their verdicts and key quotes from the judgment. At the top of the list: Hermann Göring, Joachim von Ribbentrop, Alfred Rosenberg, Ernst Kaltenbrunner, Julius Streicher, and others, most of whom were sentenced to death. Also shown: Rudolf Hess, Albert Speer, Walter Funk, Franz von Papen, Karl Dönitz — some sentenced to prison, others acquitted. Each photo is accompanied by a quote from the judgment highlighting the core reason for conviction and the sentence imposed. For example: Göring: “His crimes were unique in their enormity… death”, Rosenberg: “Responsible for system of organized plunder… death”, Speer: “An active participant in crimes against humanity… 20 years”.
On an inside page, a full-length article titled “12 Nazis to Die; 3 Acquitted” begins: “Nuremberg, Oct. 1 (AP), The International War Crimes Tribunal today sentenced 12 of Hitler’s gang leaders to death by hanging. Seven others received prison terms, and three were acquitted – despite Soviet opposition.” The article reports that the Soviet Union objected to the acquittals of Franz von Papen, Hjalmar Schacht, and Hans Fritzsche. Soviet judge Maj. Gen. I.T. Nikitchenko argued that Rudolf Hess should have been sentenced to death rather than life imprisonment, and protested the acquittal of the military high command. The article continues with details of the property and assets of Schacht and von Papen, a full list of those sentenced to death or imprisonment, and a note that Göring’s final expression of remorse did not affect the court’s decision: “His expression of regret at the end did not alter the verdict that found him guilty.”
This is one of the earliest Western newspaper reports on the verdict in what is widely considered the most important trial of the 20th century, published in a now-rare issue of Newsday, a local daily from South Suffolk, New York.
48 pages. 39 cm. Complete issue. Minor edge tears to front page. Paper slightly fragile. Good condition.
