The Nuremberg Trial

First published in 1958
New edition on occasion of the 70th anniversary of the trial
Complete English translation (of the original unrevised edition) available

On November 20, 1945 Nuremberg saw the beginning of the most memorable trial of German history. In 218 days 240 witnesses were heard and 16,000 pages of transcript recorded. At the end of this great reckoning 12 death sentences were pronounced.

Joe J. Heydecker was one of the few German reporters who covered the trial. After extensive research in archives and after interviews with participants, together with Johannes Leeb he wrote this standard work which was published for the first time in 1958. Since then it has been translated into many languages and the authors revised it on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the trial.

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  • Publisher: KiWi-Taschenbuch
  • Release: 08.10.2015
  • ISBN: 978-3-462-04837-7
  • 768 Pages
  • Authors: Joe J. HeydeckerJohannes Leeb
The Nuremberg Trial
Joe J. Heydecker Johannes Leeb The Nuremberg Trial
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Joe J. Heydecker

Joe J. Heydecker , born 1916 in Nuremberg, was a journalist and photographer. He lived outside Germany between 1933 and 1939 until, after the annexation of Austria, he was drafted into the Wehrmacht. After the war he worked for the American radio station “Radio Munich” and was one of the few German reporters covering the Nuremberg Trial. In 1960 he emigrated with his family to Brazil where he founded the publishing house “Atlantis Livros”. He returned to Europe in 1986 and died in Vienna in 1997.

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Johannes Leeb

Johannes Leeb , born in 1932, is a journalist and was the deputy editor-in-chief of “Quick” and “Weltbild”. He lives in Munich.