The Nuremberg Trials were international trials of the former leaders of Nazi Germany, which took place from 20 November 1945 to 1 October 1946 at the International Military Tribunal in the Palace of Justice in Nuremberg after the end of World War II. Reception at the home of the Soviet delegation in Nuremberg to celebrate Soviet Army and Navy Day on 23 February 1946. From left: Sir Geoffrey Lawrence, Lord Justice of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales, Chairman of the International Nuremberg Tribunal, representative of the Soviet press Konstantin Fedin, war correspondent for the Pravda newspaper Boris Polevoi, member of the International Military Tribunal from the USSR, judge of the Supreme Court of the USSR Ion Nikitchenko and assistant prosecutor from the USSR at the Nuremberg Trials Lev Sheinin.23.02.1946#8742745
The Nuremberg Trials were international trials of former leaders of Nazi Germany. They took place from November 20, 1945 to October 1, 1946 at the International Military Tribunal in the Palace of Justice in Nuremberg after the end of World War II. The prosecution witness, Director of the State Hermitage Museum academician Iosif Orbeli, testifies about the deliberate destruction of the Leningrad Hermitage by the German army.22.02.1946#8740393
The Nuremberg Trials were international trials of former leaders of Nazi Germany. They took place from November 20, 1945 to October 1, 1946 at the International Military Tribunal in the Palace of Justice in Nuremberg after the end of World War II. The prosecution's key witness, Field Marshal Friedrich Paulus, former commander of the 6th Army that capitulated at Stalingrad, heads into the courtroom of the military tribunal.09.02.1946#8740356
The Nuremberg Trials were international trials of former leaders of Nazi Germany. They took place from November 20, 1945 to October 1, 1946 at the International Military Tribunal in the Palace of Justice in Nuremberg after the end of World War II. Speech by US Chief Prosecutor Robert Jackson, who stated: "The wrongs which we seek to condemn and punish have been so calculated, so malignant, and so devastating, that civilization cannot tolerate their being ignored, because it cannot survive their being repeated."08.02.1946#8740422
The Nuremberg Trials were international trials of former leaders of Nazi Germany. They took place from November 20, 1945 to October 1, 1946 at the International Military Tribunal in the Palace of Justice in Nuremberg after the end of World War II. One of the main war criminals, former Reichsmarschall of the Greater German Reich Hermann Goering testifies.20.12.1945#8740491
The Nuremberg Trials were international trials of former leaders of Nazi Germany. They took place from November 20, 1945 to October 1, 1946 at the International Military Tribunal in the Palace of Justice in Nuremberg after the end of World War II. Leaders of Nazi Germany during a lunch break in Nuremberg (left to right, in a circle): Alfred Rosenberg, Hermann Goering, Karl Dönitz, Walther Funk, Baldur von Schirach.10.12.1945#8742148
The Nuremberg Trials were international trials of former leaders of Nazi Germany. They took place from November 20, 1945 to October 1, 1946 at the International Military Tribunal in the Palace of Justice in Nuremberg after the end of World War II. Former Reichsmarschall of the Greater German Reich Hermann Goering, one of the main war criminals, in his prison cell at Nuremberg Prison.10.12.1945#8740353
The Nuremberg Trials were international trials of former leaders of Nazi Germany. They took place from November 20, 1945 to October 1, 1946 at the International Military Tribunal in the Palace of Justice in Nuremberg after the end of World War II. Judges of the International Military Tribunal at work in the Palace of Justice. On the left is Lord Justice Geoffrey Lawrence (UK), President of the International Military Tribunal.01.12.1945#8742178
Lord Lawrence (third from left), Chairman of the International Military Tribunal, at a session of the Nuremberg Trial.01.12.1945#63621
The Nuremberg Trials were international trials of former leaders of Nazi Germany. They took place from November 20, 1945 to October 1, 1946 at the International Military Tribunal in the Palace of Justice in Nuremberg after the end of World War II. Defendant, former Foreign Minister of the Third Reich Joachim von Ribbentrop, wrote notes in his prison cell.30.11.1945#8742205
The Nuremberg Trials were international trials of former leaders of Nazi Germany. They took place from November 20, 1945 to October 1, 1946 at the International Military Tribunal in the Palace of Justice in Nuremberg after the end of World War II. Most of the evidence of crimes against humanity at the Nuremberg trial was presented to the International Tribunal by Soviet prosecutors. Right: Assistant Chief Prosecutor from the USSR Lev Smirnov presents evidence of monstrous atrocities against the civilian population to the court - a container with the poisonous substance Zyklon B, used by the Nazis to exterminate death camp prisoners.30.11.1945#8740379
Witness for the prosecution, General Erwin Edler von Lahousen at the witness-stand of the International Military Tribunal.30.11.1945#67379
The Nuremberg Trials were international trials of former leaders of Nazi Germany. They took place from November 20, 1945 to October 1, 1946 at the International Military Tribunal in the Palace of Justice in Nuremberg after the end of World War II. Main prosecutors, from left: Roman Rudenko from the USSR and Robert Jackson from the US.29.11.1945#8742256
The Nuremberg Trials were international trials of former leaders of Nazi Germany. They took place from November 20, 1945 to October 1, 1946 at the International Military Tribunal in the Palace of Justice in Nuremberg after the end of World War II. Lawyers for Nazi criminals are seen talking during a break in the court hearing.29.11.1945#8742224
The Nuremberg Trials were international trials of former leaders of Nazi Germany. They took place from November 20, 1945 to October 1, 1946 at the International Military Tribunal in the Palace of Justice in Nuremberg after the end of World War II. Lawyers for Nazi criminals were given the opportunity to review documents from the Nazi archive.29.11.1945#8742200
The Nuremberg Trials were international trials of former leaders of Nazi Germany. They took place from November 20, 1945 to October 1, 1946 at the International Military Tribunal in the Palace of Justice in Nuremberg after the end of World War II. In the dock are war criminals brought to trial by the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg. In the first row, from left: Hermann Goering, Rudolf Hess, Joachim von Ribbentrop. In the second row: Karl Doenitz, Erich Raeder, Baldur von Schirach, Fritz Sauckeld.29.11.1945#8740504
The Nuremberg Trials were international trials of former leaders of Nazi Germany. They took place from November 20, 1945 to October 1, 1946 at the International Military Tribunal in the Palace of Justice in Nuremberg after the end of World War II. Defendants at the Nuremberg Trials of major war criminals during a break in the court session.29.11.1945#8742165
The Nuremberg Trials were international trials of former leaders of Nazi Germany, which took place from November 20, 1945 to October 1, 1946 at the International Military Tribunal in the Palace of Justice in Nuremberg after the end of World War II. Defendants Alfred Jodl, right, and Wilhelm Keitel eat lunch in a temporary dining room adjacent to the courtroom.29.11.1945#8742894
The Nuremberg Trials were international trials of former leaders of Nazi Germany. They took place from November 20, 1945 to October 1, 1946 at the International Military Tribunal in the Palace of Justice in Nuremberg after the end of World War II. Lieutenant General Roman Rudenko, Chief State Prosecutor of the USSR. Characterizing the Nuremberg Trials, Roman Rudenko emphasized that this was the first case when criminals who had seized control of an entire state and made the state itself an instrument of their monstrous crimes were brought to trial.29.11.1945#8740375
The Nuremberg Trials were international trials of former leaders of Nazi Germany. They took place from November 20, 1945 to October 1, 1946 at the International Military Tribunal in the Palace of Justice in Nuremberg after the end of World War II. Herbert Kraus defended former Reichsbank President Hjalmar Schacht at the Nuremberg Trials.29.11.1945#8740357
The Nuremberg Trials were international trials of former leaders of Nazi Germany. They took place from November 20, 1945 to October 1, 1946 at the International Military Tribunal in the Palace of Justice in Nuremberg after the end of World War II. In the dock are war criminals brought to trial by the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg. In the front row, from left: Hermann Goering, Rudolf Hess, Joachim von Ribbentrop. Center: Rudolf Hess was indifferent to the trial, pretending not to listen to the translation of the proceedings.29.11.1945#8740352
The Nuremberg Trials were international trials of former leaders of Nazi Germany. They took place from November 20, 1945 to October 1, 1946 at the International Military Tribunal in the Palace of Justice in Nuremberg after the end of World War II. In the dock are war criminals brought to trial by the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg. In the first row, from left: Hermann Goering, Rudolf Hess, Joachim von Ribbentrop, Wilhelm Keitel. In the second row: Karl Doenitz, Erich Raeder, Baldur von Schirach, Fritz Sauckeld.29.11.1945#8740349
The Nuremberg Trials were international trials of former leaders of Nazi Germany. They took place from November 20, 1945 to October 1, 1946 at the International Military Tribunal in the Palace of Justice in Nuremberg after the end of World War II. A view of the corridor of the Nuremberg prison where the main Nazi war criminals were held, under 24-hour surveillance by American soldiers guarding the prison. The 24-hour surveillance of the defendants was introduced after the suicide of SA Obergruppenführer Robert Ley.29.11.1945#8740347
The Nuremberg Trials were international trials of former leaders of Nazi Germany, which took place from November 20, 1945 to October 1, 1946 at the International Military Tribunal in the Palace of Justice in Nuremberg after the end of World War II. In the dock are war criminals brought to trial at the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg. In the front row, from left: former Reichsmarschall and Commander-in-Chief of the German Air Force Hermann Goering, former deputy leader of the NSDAP Rudolf Hess, former German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop.29.11.1945#8742564
The Nuremberg Trials were international trials of former leaders of Nazi Germany. They took place from November 20, 1945 to October 1, 1946 at the International Military Tribunal in the Palace of Justice in Nuremberg after the end of World War II. Soviet prosecutors at the trial. Foreground, right: Chief Prosecutor from the USSR Roman Rudenko, left: assistant to the Chief Prosecutor from the USSR Mark Raginsky.29.11.1945#8740342
The Nuremberg Trials were international trials of former leaders of Nazi Germany, which took place from November 20, 1945 to October 1, 1946 at the International Military Tribunal in the Palace of Justice in Nuremberg after the end of World War II. Arkady Poltorak, secretary of the Soviet delegation at the Nuremberg Trials of the Major Nazi War Criminals.29.11.1945#8742559
The Nuremberg Trials were international trials of former leaders of Nazi Germany. They took place from November 20, 1945 to October 1, 1946 at the International Military Tribunal in the Palace of Justice in Nuremberg after the end of World War II. Nazi criminals during a break in the court session, from left: Nazi Party member, Gauleiter of Franconia Julius Streicher, Nazi German Foreign Minister Baron Konstantin von Neurath, Third Reich Minister of Economics Hjalmar Schacht.29.11.1945#8740341
The Nuremberg Trials were international trials of former leaders of Nazi Germany, which took place from November 20, 1945 to October 1, 1946 at the International Military Tribunal in the Palace of Justice in Nuremberg after the end of World War II. Nuremberg Trial judges review documents at a table in a conference room in the Palace of Justice. British Lord Justice Geoffrey Lawrence presides.29.11.1945#8742555
The Nuremberg Trials were international trials of former leaders of Nazi Germany. They took place from November 20, 1945 to October 1, 1946 at the International Military Tribunal in the Palace of Justice in Nuremberg after the end of World War II. Right: former Chief of the General Staff of the Wehrmacht ground forces (until March 1945) Colonel General Heinz Guderian is being interrogated by State Counselor of Justice of the USSR Georgy Aleksandrov.28.11.1945#8740338
The Nuremberg Trials were international trials of former leaders of Nazi Germany. They took place from November 20, 1945 to October 1, 1946 at the International Military Tribunal in the Palace of Justice in Nuremberg after the end of World War II. Defendants of the Nuremberg Trials of the major war criminals during a break in the court session. Standing in the center is Rudolf Hess.25.11.1945#8742168
The Nuremberg Trials were international trials of former leaders of Nazi Germany. They took place from November 20, 1945 to October 1, 1946 at the International Military Tribunal in the Palace of Justice in Nuremberg after the end of World War II. Soviet guards near the Palace of Law during the International Military Tribunal.22.11.1945#8742213
The Nuremberg Trials were international trials of former leaders of Nazi Germany, which took place from November 20, 1945 to October 1, 1946 at the International Military Tribunal in the Palace of Justice in Nuremberg after the end of World War II. A court session of the International Military Tribunal. Hall No.600 of the Nuremberg Palace of Justice. A session of the International Military Tribunal.21.11.1945#8742586
The Nuremberg Trials were international trials of former leaders of Nazi Germany. They took place from November 20, 1945 to October 1, 1946 at the International Military Tribunal in the Palace of Justice in Nuremberg after the end of World War II. Left: Defendant Rudolf Hess is interrogated by US Colonel John Amen, center, and Colonel Smith Brookhart.20.11.1945#8742143
Nuremberg Trials, November 20, 1945 - October 1, 1946. Former Nazi leadership of Germany on trial.20.11.1945#5482093
Nuremberg Trials, November 20, 1945 - October 1, 1946. Flags of the four states on the building where the court hearings are held.20.11.1945#5482088
The Nuremberg Trials. November 20, 1945 - October 1, 1946. Chief prosecutors of the USSR Roman Andreyevich Rudenko seen here speaking.20.11.1945#5482080
Nuremberg Trials, November 20, 1945 - October 1, 1946. Guard mount before the court house.20.11.1945#5482076
Nuremberg Trials, November 20, 1945 - October 1, 1946. The international military tribunal sitting.20.11.1945#5482075
The Nuremberg Trials were international trials of former leaders of Nazi Germany, which took place from November 20, 1945 to October 1, 1946 at the International Military Tribunal in the Palace of Justice in Nuremberg after the end of World War II. The prison complex in Nuremberg. (The building where war criminals were held is marked with a white arrow on the right).21.10.1945#8742646
The Great Patriotic War (1941-1945). A rally marking the arrival of the main Victory Echelon at the Belorussky Railway Station in Moscow on July 21, 1945.21.07.1945#8659339
Vladimir Komarov, botanist and geographer, a corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences (1914), a member (1920), Vice-President (1930-1936) and President (1936-1945) of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR. Photo of 1930s.01.03.1944#614769
Alexander Karpinsky, President of the Soviet Academy of Sciences, greets the 10th Congress of the All-Union Leninist Young Communist League (April 11-21, 1936).11.04.1936#3045687
Guests at the tribune of the Lenin Mausoleum during a May Day demonstration in Red Square. 1934.01.05.1934#3042131
Alexey Maximovich Gorky (the real name is Peshkov), the Soviet writer making a speech at the Moscow regional party conference arranged at the Column Hall of the House of Unions, Moscow, January 18, 1934. A reproduction of the photograph.18.01.1934#853515
The 2nd Congress of Communist Internationale, July 19-August 9, 1920. Vladimir Lenin during during his opening speech at the 2nd Congress of Communist Internationale in the Uritsky (Tavrichesky) Palace in Petrograd (present-day St. Petersburg). Documentary.19.07.1920#3027879
Vladimir Lenin delivers a speech on Sverdlov square (present-day Teatralnaya) for the troops going to fight anti-revolutionary Poles on May 5, 1920.05.05.1920#3027888
Vladimir Iliych Lenin delivers a speech for the Universal Military Training students during the parade on Red Square on Mayx25, 1919.25.05.1919#3027889
Vladimir Lenin (1870-1924), speaking in the meeting hall of the Taurida Palace, by P. Volkov. Petrograd, April 1917. Reproduction.07.04.1917#605279