Series: American Experience
Season: Season 18
Episode Number: 6
Air Date:
Duration: 55 min
A gripping study of the groundbreaking prosecution, which began Nov. 20, 1945, as Nazi Germany's leaders were held accountable for war crimes, infamously blamed on "following orders." Profiled are Hermann Goering, the lead defendant, and Robert Jackson, the U.S. prosecutor. Also: comments from Walter Cronkite, who covered the proceedings; events leading to the trial, which had 21 defendants and eight judges; footage of concentration camps.
Michael Kloft
Director
Joe Morton
Narrator (voice)
Chris Dodd
Self
Walter Cronkite
Self
Hermann Göring
Self (archive footage)
Benjamin Ferencz
Self