Nuremberg: The Trial of the Nazi War Criminals Podcast
The story of the trial of Nazi war criminals following Germany's surrender in 1945.
The story of the trial of the most notorious Nazi war criminals through dramatic reconstruction, telling it from ground-level up, through the eyes of a Russian interpreter, the American prison psychologist, a French reporter, the British Court Liaison Officer and others from the thousands of individuals tasked with fighting 'the last battle of WWII'.
Starring Natalie Dormer, Freddie Fox, Kate Phillips, Alex Kingston, Ed Stoppard and Henry Goodman.
Episodes to download
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Introducing Nazis: The Road to Power
Tue 24 Jan 2023
The story of how Hitler led a fringe sect to be the dominant force in German politics.
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Introducing Nuremberg: The Trial of the Nazi War Criminals
Mon 10 Jan 2022
The story of the trial of Nazi war criminals following Germany's surrender in 1945.
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Episode 16 - No Trace Will Remain
Fri 27 Aug 2021
11 will die, 7 imprisoned, 3 acquitted. And one more surprise on the night of the hangings
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Episode 15 - Guilty or Not?
Fri 27 Aug 2021
The Judges debate their verdicts: surely they’ll all hang?
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Episode 14 - Everyone Knew
Fri 27 Aug 2021
What does it take to get ordinary German people to acknowledge their guilt?
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Episode 13 - Just Another Swindle
Fri 27 Aug 2021
An ordinary man gives evidence. He killed 90,000 Jews. He wouldn’t disobey an order.
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Episode 12 - Glory or Disgrace
Fri 27 Aug 2021
Goering enters the witness box. He has a whole new defence planned: martyrdom.
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Episode 11 - What Does Evil Look Like?
Fri 27 Aug 2021
How do you commit crimes like these? The Prison Psych needs to find out.
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Episode 10 - Too Much Paper
Fri 27 Aug 2021
The Defendants seem untroubled until they’re shown footage from the camps.
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Episode 9 - To Stay the Hand of Vengeance
Fri 27 Aug 2021
Without simultaneous translation the trial cannot happen. It’s never been done before.
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Episode 8 - Who is Truly Guilty?
Fri 27 Aug 2021
Everything conspires to delay the trial – but the Judges refuse to allow it.
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Episode 7 - Naming the Names
Fri 27 Aug 2021
Who will be indicted? Will they have lawyers? Will the courtroom ever be ready?
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Episode 6 - The Killing Machine
Fri 27 Aug 2021
Why did the SS need to order several thousand tons of cyanide gas?
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Episode 5 - Documents Don't Lie
Fri 27 Aug 2021
What’s it like to be told about a gas chamber for the first time?
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Episode 4 - Only Obeying Orders
Fri 27 Aug 2021
These crimes are so enormous they need new words. Like genocide.
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Episode 3 - What Kind of Justice
Fri 27 Aug 2021
Do top Nazis deserve a trial? Or just summary execution? Or both?
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Episode 2 - No-One Gets Out of Here
Fri 27 Aug 2021
The top Nazis are behind bars – but they’re still in danger.
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Episode 1 - The Hunt
Fri 27 Aug 2021
May 1945 and the leading Nazis have gone to ground all over Europe.
Why did the Nuremberg trial happen?
How unprecedented war crimes demanded proper international legal redress.
What happened after Nuremberg?
The authorities were ready for executions and prison sentences, but not acquittals...
The historical dramatist and his dissidents
Nuremberg director Jonathan Myerson lays out the challenges of writing historical drama
Nuremberg Remembered
William Shawcross on the legacy of the Nuremberg Military Tribunal.
