Yesterday's Big Story - War Crimes Trial
Yesterday's Big Story - War Crimes Trial
With victory in World War Il, the Allies turned to fixing the guilt of those responsible. Marshall Henri Petain was condemned to death and then exiled instead for collaborating with the Germans after the fall of France. Vidkun Quisling was hung in Norway for betraying his fellow countrymen. In Japan, Pearl Harbor Premier Hideki . Tojo was hanged. In Germany Heinrich Himmler, head of Hitler's secret police, committed suicide rather than face trial. The most famous hearings were in Nuremberg where 21 high Nazis faced their accusers. Twenty-one were found guilty and ten were executed --- but the misery and horror they spawned lived after them. Paris, France - Marshall Henri Petain wearing his uniform walks into a French courtroom for his trial on collaborating with the Nazis. MS - A very crowded French courtroom, Marshall Henri Petain sitting in a chair in the courtroom. CUS - Vidkun Quisling of Norway being tried for treason by his countrymen. CUS - Prime Minister, Hideki Tojo disembarking from a train MCUS - Japanese political and military leaders, also referred to as the "Big Fish" . The accused group included former prime ministers, foreign ministers, economic and financial leaders, ambassadors, war ministers, navy ministers and senior military officers. CUS - Hideki Tojo with hat off. MS - US MP standing over the body of Heinrich Himmler who committed suicide. MCU - Heinrich laying dead on the floor. Exterior of the courthouse in Nuremberg, this trial overshadowed all others. MS - Inside courthouse in Nuremberg. MS - The judges walking into the courtroom and up to their assigned chairs. MS - Reich Chancellery and ministries. CUS - Transcribers and interpreters. CUS - Hangman's noose. CUS - Only the silhouette of one of the prisoners getting hanged.