Source | Lüneburger Nachrichten - German Newspaper |
Event referred to | Nuremberg Trial |
Technological characteristics | png picture - 80 kb |
Description of the source | The 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 source | A caricature drawn for the beginning of the Nuremberg Trial. |
Interpretation of the source | The 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 Contents | Drawing - Subtitle: Die Verteidigung beginnt |
Original Contents (English Translation) | Drawing - Subtitle: The pleas begins |