NUREMBERG TRIALS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 89, Issue 265, 9 November 1945, Page 5

NUREMBERG TRIALS

— READY FOROPENING DAY CONTINUOUS GUARD ON PRISONERS Recd. 6 p.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 aiyl cut down the amount of evidence. We hope to do a great part of 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 Courtroom 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 our case with documents and films. These should be irrefutable 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 an opportunity of calling all witnesses he needs to put up the best possible defence,” he added.

The correspondent says that 70,000 nhotostatic copies of documents will be prepared and 1,000,000 copies of mimeographed evidence will be turned jut.

The prisoners are now under continual guard night and day. instead of an inspection every 30 seconds. A soldier stands outside each cell, never taking his eyes off the inmates until he is relieved by another guard.

A souvenir shop outside the Courthouse is already selling its wares faster than they can be produced. Cigarette cases, ash trays, pencils and other articles bear the inscription, “International Military Tribunal, Nuremberg, 1945.” Queues form immediately word roes round that more stocks are available.