The International Military Tribunal was a court convened jointly by the victorious Allied governments. Here the Soviet, British, American, and French flags hang behind the judges' bench. Photograph »

The remodeled courtroom at Nuremberg. November 15-20, 1945. Photograph »

The Palace of Justice in Nuremberg, where the International Military Tribunal trial of war criminals was held. The flags of the four prosecuting countries (French, American, British, and Soviet) hang above the entrance. Photograph »

Chief US Counsel Justice Robert Jackson delivers the prosecution's opening statement at the International Military Tribunal. Nuremberg, Germany, November 21, 1945. Photograph »

US Chief Prosecutor Robert H. Jackson delivers his opening speech. November 21, 1945. Photograph »

American Major Frank B. Wallis (standing center), a member of the trial legal staff, presents the prosecution's case to the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg. A chart (top left) shows where the defendants (bottom left) fit into the organizational scheme of the Nazi party. At right are lawyers for the four prosecuting countries. November 22, 1945. Photograph »

View of the defendants in the dock at the International Military Tribunal trial of war criminals at Nuremberg. November 1945. Photograph »

US Army staffers organizing stacks of German documents collected by war crimes investigators as evidence for the International Military Tribunal. Photograph »

Photographs, artifacts, and a map presented as evidence at the International Military Tribunal. Nuremberg, Germany, between November 20, 1945, and October 1, 1946. Photograph »

Birds-eye view of the fenced-in cell block where defendents in the International Military Tribunal war crimes trial were imprisoned. Nuremberg, Germany, between November 20, 1945, and October 1, 1946. Photograph »

A tank guards the entrance to the Palace of Justice in Nuremberg. Photograph »