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RG-06.002.04 Office of the U.S. Chief for Counsel for the Prosecution of Axis
Criminality (OUSCCPAC)—Records Relating to Defendant Artur Seyss-
Inquart, 1946
These records contain information about the life and indictment of Artur Seyss-Inquart.
Provenance: The donor, Joseph Michel, who served with OUSCCPAC during the
International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg, obtained these documents as part of his
work.
Languages: English
3 linear inches
RG-06.002.05 An Approach to the Preparation of the Prosecution Against Axis
Criminality (Telford Taylor Memorandum), 1945
This memorandum contains Telford Taylor‘s description of the basic parts of a war
crimes case, the expected accomplishments of the Office of the U.S. Chief of Counsel for
the Prosecution of Axis Criminality, an explanation of the ―illegal launching‖ of
aggressive war acts, and descriptions of the various types of evidence to be sought during
investigation.
Provenance: The memo was written in July 1945 by Col. Telford Taylor of the Office of
the U.S. Chief of Counsel for the Prosecution of Axis Criminality. The original memo is
found in the Murray C. Bernay Collection at the Library of the University of Wyoming.
Source of acquisition is William Mandel.
Languages: English
1 folder
RG-06.002.06 Fred Reitler Papers, 1946
This collection contains the press pass card used by Fred Reitler during the sessions of
the International Military Tribunal (IMT) at Nuremberg; the ―Last Words of the Ten Nazi
Main War Criminals, executed on 16 Oct 1946…‖ recorded by Reitler; and the personal
notebook kept by Reitler during the sessions of the IMT and subsequent U.S.administered
war crimes trials. The notebook contains the ―Last Words…‖ written in
German shorthand.
Provenance/Note: Fred Reitler was born in Vienna, Austria, and emigrated to the United
States, where he became an American citizen in 1944. Because of his knowledge of
German shorthand, he became a court reporter at the Nuremberg trials and was chosen to
record the last words of the defendants who received death sentences. After the death of
Fred Reitler in 1978, the notebook and other materials became the property of his wife,