National Content: Germany

Die Verteidigung beginnt - The pleas begins

SourceLüneburger Nachrichten - German Newspaper
Event referred toNuremberg Trial
Technological characteristicspng picture - 80 kb
Description of the sourceThe drawing is a caricature. It shows responsible Nazi-leaders standing in a circle. Each is pointing to the next one. The subtitle is: The pleas begins.
Contextualisation of the sourceA caricature drawn for the beginning of the Nuremberg Trial.
Interpretation of the sourceThe caricature will show that after the war nobody of the Nazi-leaders was willing to take the own responsibility. Everyone tryid to explain that he only followed orders and that the responsibility was in the hands of others. A typical excuse in Germany after the war.
Original ContentsDrawing - Subtitle: Die Verteidigung beginnt
Original Contents (English Translation)Drawing - Subtitle: The pleas begins