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Beaumont, Henry G.,. Henry G. Beaumont collection, 1946-1948.

Title: Henry G. Beaumont collection, 1946-1948.

Affidavits, speeches, biographical data, clippings, and memorabilia, relating to the trial of Japanese political and military leaders for war crimes in Tokyo, 1946-1948. Includes the opening speech of the prosecution, and affidavits of the defendants Hideki Tōjō and Hiroshi Oshima.

ArchivalResource: 1 ms. box, 1 envelope.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/754870973 View

Japanese War Crime Tribunal documents, 1946-1948.

Title: Japanese War Crime Tribunal documents, 1946-1948.

Though select pages are missing, this is a near-complete collection of transcripts of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East's war crimes trial in Tokyo from 1946 to 1948. It presents the historical context for the trial as well as the court proceedings and verdicts. The individuals on trial were Sadao Araki, Kenji Doihara, Kingoro Hashimoto, Shunroku Hata, Kiichiro Hiranuma, Kōki Hirota, Naoki Hoshino, Seishiro Itagaki, Okinori Kaya, Koichi Kido, Heitaro Kimura, Kuniaki Koiso, Iwane Matsue, Yosuke Matsuoka, Jiro Minami, Akira Muto, Osami Nagano, Takasumi Oka, Shumei Okawa, Hiroshi Ōshima, Kenryo Sato, Mamoru Shigemitsu, Shigetaro Shimada, Toshio Shiratori, Teiichi Suzuki, Shiegenori Togo, Hideki Tōjō, and Yoshijiro Umezu. These individuals were indicted on three counts: Crimes against Peace; Murder; and Conventional War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity. Civilian propagandist, Emperor Hirohito was not indicted. The transcripts shed light on the international law employed at the time, the cultural differences and conflicts which plagued the trial, the war crimes committed, the treatment of prisoners of war, and the political and international climate immediately following World War II.

ArchivalResource: 21 boxes (21 cu. ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/45071699 View

Henderson, Gertrud Greve, 1911-. Gertrud Greve Henderson papers, 1946-1979.

Title: Gertrud Greve Henderson papers, 1946-1979.

Writings and sound recordings of an interview, relating to Richard Sorge, Soviet spy in the German Embassy in Japan. Includes an annotated affidavit by Joachim von Ribbentrop relating to the war crimes trial of Hiroshi Oshima, Japanese ambassador to Germany during World War II. Also includes interviews of G. Henderson, conducted by Bradley F. Smith, 1980.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder, 4 phonotape cassettes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/754871031 View