NUREMBERG FILLING

Evening Star, Issue 25635, 8 November 1945, Page 5

NUREMBERG FILLING

CROWDS ASSEMBLE FOR TRIAL ACCUSED LEADERS UNDER GLUBE " GUARD SOUVENIR SHOP* DOING FLOOD BUSINESS (Rec. 10.15 a,m.) LONDON, Nov. 7- • Nuremberg is filling with, people as , the .great trial of the war leaders approaches, says Reuter’s Nuremberg correspondent. A mass of evidence will come before the court,. but Mr Scott Fox, of the British Foreign Office, who is a member of the prosecuting team, . said: “We are going to try and cut down the amount of evidence. We hope to do a great part of our accusing through German documents, pictures, and films. These can be translated for the defence ahead- of time, and given to the judges in advance. Thus court room translations will be reduced! to a minimum. Wherever we can, we will refrain from oral evidence from human witnesses if we think we have proved the case with documents. The films will be prepared by -the Germans themselves. These should be ir-. refutable before any tribunal.” , Mr Scott Fox expressed the hope that the defence would respond to the prosecution’s tactics by reducing their witnesses to a minimum. “Of course, it is almost impossible to deny a man on trial for; his life the opportunity of calling all the witnesses he needs to put up the best possible defence:” The correspondent says that 70,000 photostatia. copies of documents will be prepared, and 1,000,000 copies of mimeographed evidence will be turned out. The prisoners are now under continual guard night and day instead of inspection every 30. seconds. A soldier stands outside each cell, never taking his eyes off the inmates until relieved by another guard. * . A souvenir shop outside the courthouse is already selling its wares faster than they can bp produced. Cigarette cases, ash trays, pencils,. and other articles bear the inscription,. “ International Military Tribunal, Nuremberg, 1945.” Queues form immediately. Word goes round that more stocks are available.