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A conviction document used by the prosecution in the Nuremberg trials. Numbered copy: 2046

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11.04.2020 07:00pm

KONZENTRATIONS- LAGER von Eugene Aroneanu - DOCUMENT F 321 Fur den internationalen Militargerichtshof in Nuremberg - Document 321 to the International Military Court in Nuremberg - Concentration Camps, by Eugene Aroneanu - Factual Documentation of the crimes committed against humanity - Das Licht publishing. German. Numbered copy: 2046.

From the documents which were used to convict the Nazi war criminals in the Nuremberg trials, the The creepy document before us was used by the prosecutors in the trial to prove the crimes of the SS chiefs in the concentration camps. In fact, such documents began to be collected as early as December 1942 by British officials who had already begun discussions on policy on punishing Nazi leaders, if caught. The document before us was used in the main trial that began on November 20, 1945 in the city of Nuremberg, In it the main war criminals were tried. One of the most dramatic moments of the trial took place on November 29, 1945, when the prosecution's arguments showed a documentary film based on material taken by Allied soldiers when they were released from concentration camps in Germany a few months earlier. The film included hard-to-view images of starving survivors and endless piles of corpses, and its screening accompanied by appropriate narration led to harsh reactions from the audience in the courtroom. Even some of the defendants observed reactions of crying and looking away from the screen. Prior to the screening, the prosecution emphasized that each of the defendants bears part of the responsibility for the atrocities documented by the images.

The document before us which was presented by the prosecution is no less difficult. For in addition to the 130 pages that actually bring the main cause of action and describe in great detail what happened inside the death camps, with an emphasis on all the hard ways the Nazis used in executions, the prosecution attached 66 pages with dozens of hard photos, some from the camps during the war, and some Hard scenes of inmates between life and death during the liberation of the camps. Most of the material in the report before us is in fact quotations from the testimonies of former prisoners by division into the various death camps, including those who were forced to work in the crematorium, and were responsible for transporting and burying bodies daily, as well as those who witnessed the daily Abuses.

It should be noted that the things that appear in it are very difficult to read, and to watch. We avoided from bringing the difficult-to-view photographs.

130 pages, 66 pages - photographs. 27 cm. Tear along the cardboard cover. Brown leaves. Good condition.

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59. A conviction document used by the prosecution in the Nuremberg trials. Numbered copy: 2046