Fred Reitler papers notebook list pass card.

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Fred Reitler papers notebook list pass card.

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Consists of the press pass card used by Fred Reitler during the International Military Tribunal at Nurember, the "Last Words of the Ten Nazi Main War Criminals, executed on 16 Oct 1946 ..." recorded by Fred Reitler, and the personal notebook (some segments in shorthand) kept by Fred Reitler during the IMT and subsequent US-administered war crimes trials. The notebook contains the "Last Word ..." of the ten main war criminals written in German shorthand.

.5 in folder.

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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

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International military tribunal

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Representatives of the United States, the Soviet Union, Great Britain, and France organized the International Military Tribunal (IMT) in 1945 to try cases against twenty-four Nazi leaders. Between 20 November 1945 and 1 October 1946 the IMT was convened, and verdicts were handed down on 30 September and 1 October 1946. The verdicts resulted in twelve death-by-hanging sentences, seven life terms, and three acquittals. The author of most of the documents and papers in the collection, Alfred Rosenb...

Reitler, Fred.

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Fred Reitler was born in Vienna, Austria, on 07 Aug 1906. Because of the dangerous situation for Jews in Austria, Reitler fled to Antwerp, Belgium, in 1938. He later emigrated to the United States and became a citizen in 1944. He volunteered for service when he learned of the war crimes trials to be held after the war. Because of his knowledge of German and German shorthand, he was hired as a court reported by the US Civil Service. He attended all of the trial sessions and was chosen to record t...