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Hardly surprising therefore that the highest ranking military commanders, predominantly but not
exclusively from the allied side, condemned the Nuremberg Trials as a judicial farce and a disgrace to
civilized behavior. Their condemnation was echoed by thousands of eminent statesmen, jurists,
intellectuals, writers, journalists, ecclesiastics and educators.
In 1956, H.K Thompson, Jnr, a Yale graduate in naval science and history with a background in
military and maritime law came together with Henry Strutz, M.A, a linguist, university teacher and
associate member of the U.S. Naval Institute. They marked the release of Grand Admiral Doenitz by
beginning a project of contemporary and informed opinion on the validity or otherwise of the
Nuremberg Trials.
The book, Doenitz at Nuremberg: A Re-Appraisal, Amber Publishing Group, NYC. 1976, was hailed
as 'the most important work on the Nuremberg 'War Crimes Trials' to appear in 25 years.'
Over a period of twenty years, they invited, read and evaluated many thousands of letters, briefs and
manuscripts offering comment on the trials. Those supporting the trials made up an insignificant
minority and fell into three categories. (1) A hard core who still maintained the legality of the trials, of
which it was interesting to note that most had played a part in them. (2) Those who whilst admitting
their illegal status felt that they were politically necessary, and (3) those who felt that the trials whilst
unique were set to establish legal precedents to limit future wars, on the presumption that application
would be applied equally, which of course it has not.
The compilers of Doenitz at Nuremberg: A Re-Appraisal saw no reason to unnecessarily duplicate the
many thousands of informed comment critical of the Nuremberg Trials. These in essence were
repetitive. They preferred instead to provide a cross sampling of views whilst depositing the entire
results of their research with the H.K Thompson Collection at Hoover Library on War, Revolution
and Peace, Stamford University.
THE WAR CRIMES 'TRIALS' ON TRIAL
"The Nuremberg Trials have made the waging of an unsuccessful war a crime; the generals on the
defeated side were tried and then hanged." - Field Marshal Bernard L. Montgomery. June 9th 1948
"The truth of the matter is that no one of the victors was free of the guilt which its judges attributed to
the vanquished." - The Chicago Tribune, October 2 nd 1946
"In my judgement, the procedure by which the Nuremberg Tribunal was created and the criminals
trials thereunder conducted, was completely fraught with illegality."
William L. Hart, The Supreme Court of Ohio
"This kangaroo court at Nuremberg was officially known as the 'International Military Tribunal.' That
name is a libel on the military profession. Nuremberg was, in fact, a lawyers' tribunal, although I can
readily understand why the legal profession is ashamed to claim it, and deliberately stuck a false label
on it. I am glad our real military men had nothing to do with the travesty on justice that the lawyers
and 'statesmen' conducted on Nuremberg." - Rear Admiral Dan V. Gallery. U.S.N. (Ret.)
PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY
In his book, Profiles in Courage, President John F. Kennedy praised Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio,
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