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11 will die, 7 imprisoned, 3 acquitted. And one more surprise on the night of the hangings
The Judges debate their verdicts: surely they’ll all hang?
What does it take to get ordinary German people to acknowledge their guilt?
An ordinary man gives evidence. He killed 90,000 Jews. He wouldn’t disobey an order.
Goering enters the witness box. He has a whole new defence planned: martyrdom.
How do you commit crimes like these? The Prison Psych needs to find out.
The Defendants seem untroubled until they’re shown footage from the camps.
Without simultaneous translation the trial cannot happen. It’s never been done before.
Everything conspires to delay the trial – but the Judges refuse to allow it.
Who will be indicted? Will they have lawyers? Will the courtroom ever be ready?
Why did the SS need to order several thousand tons of cyanide gas?
What’s it like to be told about a gas chamber for the first time?
These crimes are so enormous they need new words. Like genocide.
Do top Nazis deserve a trial? Or just summary execution? Or both?
The top Nazis are behind bars – but they’re still in danger.
May 1945 and the leading Nazis have gone to ground all over Europe.
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