Overview
- Description
- Consists of a copy of the "Final argument for the United States of America on the indicted organizations." The transcript contains information on the Reich Cabinet; the political leadership of the SS, the Gestapo, and the SA; and their criminal activities during World War II. Final argument given by Thomas J. Todd. Also includes speech by Henry S. Ott.
Physical Details
- Extent
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1 folder
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Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps. War crimes. War criminals. War crime trials.
- Geographic Name
- Czechoslovakia. Nuremberg (Germany)
- Corporate Name
- Germany. Gestapo Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei. Einsatzgruppen des Sicherheitsdienstes und der Sicherheitspolizei Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei. Schutzstaffel SS (Organization) Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei. Sturmabteilung Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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Murry C. Bernay Collection, Library of the University of Wyoming
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- A copy of the "Final argument .." was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives ca. Jan. 1987 by William Mandel.
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- 2023-08-25 12:34:49
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