Defendant Otto Ohlendorf (second from left) receives his indictment from Colonel C.W. Mays, marshal of the Military Tribunal, before the Einsatzgruppen Trial. The other pictured defendants (left to right) are Heinz Jost, Erich Naumann, and Erwin Schulz. July 7, 1947. Photograph »

Defendant Mathias Graf testifies in his own defense at the Einsatzgruppen Trial. January 7, 1948. Photograph »

Defendant Otto Ohlendorf testifies on his own behalf at the Einsatzgruppen Trial. October 9, 1947. Photograph »

The defendants in the dock during the Einsatzgruppen Trial. Photograph »

The courtroom during the Einsatzgruppen Trial. Chief Prosecutor Benjamin Ferencz stands in the center of the room. Photograph »

On September 15, 1947, defendant Paul Blobel pleads not guilty during his arraignment at the Einsatzgruppen Trial. Blobel was the commanding officer of a German mobile killing unit and was responsible for the massacre at Babi Yar (near Kiev). He was convicted by the military tribunal at Nuremberg and sentenced to death. Blobel was hanged at the Landsberg prison on June 8, 1951. Photograph »

Chief Prosecutor Benjamin Ferencz presents evidence during the Einsatzgruppen Trial. Ferencz is flanked by German defense lawyers Dr. Friedrich Bergold (right, counsel for Ernst Biberstein) and Dr. Rudolf Aschenauer (left, counsel for Otto Ohlendorf), who are protesting the introduction of certain documents as evidence. Photograph »