Wheelis, Jack G., Papers, 1933, 1945-1950

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Wheelis, Jack G., Papers, 1933, 1945-1950

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The Jack G. Wheelis Papers document the War Tribunal at Nuremberg through the official record "Trial of the Major War Criminals Before the International Military Tribunal," U.S. military documents, Wheelis' personal correspondence and postcards sent to Hermann Göring.

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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...

Wheelis, Jack G.

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Native Texas Lieutenant Jack G. Wheelis guarded high ranking Nazi prisoners during the Nuremberg trials. After befriending Nazi leader Hermann Göring, who was on trial for war crimes, Wheelis received gifts from Göring, including a pen, watch, and postcards. It is alleged that Wheelis helped Göring retrieve a cyanide capsule that had been hidden among his personal effects confiscated by the U.S. Army. Wheelis later died fighting in the Korean War. From the...

Göring, Hermann, 1893-1946.

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