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Nuremberg trials... Hermann Goering takes the stand...
Nuremberg trials... Hermann Goering takes the stand...
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March 14, 1946
THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 14, 1946
* Nuremberg trials - Germany - Nazis
* Hermann Goering takes the stand & testifies
* Highest ranking Nazi official doubles down
* Jewish holocaust - Atrocities against Jews
Near the bottom of the front page has a two column heading: "Goering Defends Nazi Suppression From Witness Stand in Nuremberg" Coverage continues on page 7 with photo showing Goering on trial. (see images)
Complete with all 52 pages, rag edition in nice condition.
background: When Hermann Göring took the stand on March 13, 1946, he transformed the witness box into a final stage for Nazi propaganda, displaying a chillingly sharp intellect that caught the prosecution off guard. Having shed his drug addiction and significant weight in captivity, he abandoned the "following orders" defense used by his peers, choosing instead to defiantly justify the rise of the Third Reich as a necessary act of German nationalism. He dominated the early proceedings through a series of expansive, calculated monologues that successfully baited the American Chief Prosecutor, Robert Jackson, into fits of visible frustration. By weaponizing his deep knowledge of the regime’s inner workings and exploiting the technical delays of the courtroom’s translation system, Göring attempted to frame himself as a misunderstood statesman rather than a war criminal. However, this theatrical bravado was ultimately hollow; while he may have "won" the initial intellectual duel through sheer charisma, he could not overcome the sheer volume of captured documents that meticulously linked him to the systematic looting of Europe and the machinery of the Holocaust.
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