Did the Nazis get a fair trial?

Welcome to the History Extra Podcast, fascinating historical conversations from the makers of BBC History magazine. Hello and welcome to the third of this four-part History Extra podcast series all about the Nuremberg War Trials 1945-46. My name is Dave Musgrove and I am joined by Felix Sands, writer and specialist in international law, whose books include East West Street and The Rat Line. And in episode three here we are going to be exploring the verdict of the trial and the immediate aftermath of what was quite a momentous episode in world history.

So Philippe, thanks again for joining us. In the last episode, we talked a bit about the verdict and the way it was delivered and particularly how it was delivered to Hans Frank. Could we hear a little bit more about the drama or otherwise around these verdicts? You mentioned that it was kind of sanitized in the sense that it wasn't filmed, but presumably there was quite a lot of drama as these verdicts were handed down.

I think that's right. I think I think there was huge drama. It was it was a big moment. Um, it was on the front pages of every newspaper of the world. The four judges were giving judgment on some momentous issues, the decisions to go to war.

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