Internet and History: Stanford University released online a digital archive devoted to the Nuremberg Trials

The digital historical archive of the Nuremberg Trials goes public online thanks to Stanford University (USA).

October 1, 2021, marks the 75th anniversary of the end of the work of the Nuremberg Trials, which had no analogues in world jurisprudence.

"Preserving records of the Nuremberg Trials is crucial in protecting the historical and legal heritage of those times, as well as recognizing the consequences of mass atrocities", said David Cohen, Director of the Stanford Center for Human Rights and International Justice.

The electronic archive of the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg provides access to five thousand court records, including 250 thousand pages of digitized documents. This array includes eyewitness reports, documents and transcripts of speeches during the debate.

The records of the court sessions are available in English, French, German and Russian: these are case materials, court notes, material evidence presented by the prosecutors and solicitors, opening and closing announcements, last words, procedural rules, orders, decisions, dissenting opinions and sentences. Also, there are multimedia files – films, audio records and photographs.

The Nuremberg Tribunal began its work on November 20, 1945. The entire world closely followed the trial, which took place in room No. 600 of the Palace of Justice in Nuremberg within 11 months.

Numerous terrific crimes by the Nazis during World War II were revealed during the sessions and work with the case materials.

This work took almost a year, including 403 sessions and 216 court trials.

During this period, the court interviewed more than two hundred witnesses and considered over 300 thousand written testimonies and more than three thousand documents. The total volume of protocols amounted to more than 15 thousand pages.