# NUREMBERG TRIALS POST WWII TRIALS OF NAZI WAR CRIMINALS 26322

"Nuremberg: It's Lesson for Today" was made by the Office of Military Government for Germany in May of 1947 under the auspices of the OSS Field Photographic Unit headed by John Ford. In the summer of 1945, Ford dispatched Stuart to Europe to hunt for Nazi films that could be used at the Nuremberg trial. His older brother Budd, of higher rank, followed and led what became a small team of editors and writers. During a frenzied 4-month period, the Schulberg brothers and their colleagues scoured the German-occupied territories for footage. The films and photos they presented in the courtroom played a role in convicting the Nazis on trial. Subsequently, Stuart Schulberg wrote and directed this film, "Nuremberg: Its Lesson for Today", which became the official documentary about the trial. This film tells the story of the Nuremberg Trials of the major Nazi war criminals. The film begins with the International Military Tribunal as proceedings open on 14 November 1945, through the verdict on October 1, 1946, and follows the general argument made by the Chief Prosecutor Robert H. Jackson. The documentary contains the footage from the courtroom and excerpts of the materials presented during the trial, including movies of the Nazi concentration camps. The film was originally released in German in 1948 at Stuttgart and in 1949 in West Berlin, for the civilian population to see and appreciate its lesson. After Nuremberg was completed in 1948, Stuart Schulberg produced denazification and…

- Kind: Film
- Genres: War, Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/26322NurembergTrials)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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