Trial of the Major War Criminals Before the International Military Tribunal, Nuremberg, 14 November 1945-1 October 1946: Vol. I

This is the official, complete record of the trial that changed the world. In the aftermath of humanity's darkest chapter, representatives of four nations came together to do something unprecedented: hold individuals accountable not just for atrocities committed during war, but for the decision to wage war itself. This volume contains the indictment, the charges, the evidence of conspiracy to commit aggressive war, and the Tribunal's judgment on the principal defendants. Here are the words of the accused, the testimony of survivors, the documentary proof of systematic atrocity. Here too is the legal foundation for all subsequent international criminal law, the principles that would later prosecute genocide, crimes against humanity, and aggression itself. This is not comfortable reading. It is essential reading for anyone who believes that justice, however delayed, must be spoken aloud and preserved for posterity.