German Reichsmarschall, Commander of the Luftwaffe
Hermann Goering during cross examination at the trials. 

Twenty-four high-ranking Nazis go on trial in Nuremberg, Germany,
for atrocities committed during World War II. 

The Nuremberg trials were conducted by an international tribunal
made up of representatives from the United States, the Soviet
Union, France and Great Britain. It was the first trial of its kind in
history, and the defendants faced charges ranging from crimes
against peace, to crimes of war, to crimes against humanity. Lord
Justice Geoffrey Lawrence, the British member, presided over
the proceedings, which lasted 10 months and consisted of 216
court sessions.