Former concentration camp warden Ilse Koch, wife of Buchenwald camp commandant Karl Koch, is sentenced to life in prison. August 14, 1947. Photograph »

Ilse Koch testifies in her own defense at the trial of former camp personnel from the Buchenwald concentration camp. To her left is Herbert Rosenstock, an interpreter. July 8, 1947. Photograph »

A prosecution witness demonstrates the position prisoners were forced to assume for punishment on the whipping block in the Dachau concentration camp. Photograph »

Joseph Spektor, a witness for the prosecution at the trial of former Buchenwald concentration camp personnel, points to scars from maltreatment he received while a prisoner there. May 9, 1947. Photograph »

Michael Pellis, a former camp inmate, identifies Friedrich Wilhelm Ruppert as having selected people to be murdered at the Dachau concentration camp. November 24, 1945. Photograph »

View of the courtroom during the Dachau concentration camp trial. November 15 - December 13, 1945. Photograph »

Polish priest Theodore Korcz reads from a medical record presented as evidence at the trial of former personnel from the Dachau concentration camp. The log recorded the deaths of several Catholic priests who were used as subjects in malaria experiments. US Chief Prosecutor Lieutenant Colonel William Denson stands next to him. November 22, 1945. Photograph »

A witness is sworn in at the trial of 61 former personnel and prisoners from the Mauthausen concentration camp. Swearing him in is Major General Fay Brink Prickett, the president of the Military Tribunal. March 29 - May 13, 1946. Photograph »

The tribunal hears the testimony of a witness at the Mauthausen concentration camp trial. Photograph »

A witness testifies during the Mauthausen concentration camp trail. The man standing in the background is defendant Willy Eckert, a member of the SS. Photograph »

The American prosecution team at the Mauthausen concentration camp trial. Standing is US Chief Prosecutor Lieutenant Colonel William Denson. Photograph »