A disillusioned prosecutor looks back at court proceedings that gained world attention.
Here s What You Need to Know: Nuremberg prosecutor Alvin Landis gave two interviews about his experiences at the infamous trials.
Following the occupation of a defeated Nazi Germany, the victorious Allies initiated a prearranged plan for prosecuting captured Axis officials for war crimes. Throughout Europe, British, French, Soviet, and American military courts, along with various civilian courts and high-level Allied tribunals, tried hundreds of Axis leaders and underlings. Scores were executed and hundreds imprisoned. Few were exonerated or released, at least in the initial postwar years from 1946 to 1947.