Nuremberg: The Trial of the Nazi War Criminals11 Jan 2022

Episode 14 - Everyone Knew

As more evidence emerges of Nazi Crimes – the camps, the slave labour ministry, the euthanasia programme – all Germans must come to terms with their own individual guilt. They can no longer pretend they didn’t know.

The Accused Men employ a range of limp excuses for their behaviour, claiming they knew nothing, that it was all done by Himmler (now conveniently dead), that they had no choice. But the testimony of Hermann Graebe, a German engineer working in occupied Ukraine, who stumbled across a mass shooting, silences the courtroom and brings home to Christa, a German civilian working at the Court, the enormity of the Nazi crimes. (Graebe was later named one of the Righteous Among Nations at the Yad Vashem Memorial). Starring Rosie Sheehy as Christa and featuring Henry Goodman as Hermann Graebe, witness to a mass execution.

Madeleine Jacob - ALEX KINGSTON Christa - ROSIE SHEEHY Hermann Graebe - HENRY GOODMAN Herald Tribune Reporter - CLIVE WOOD Daily Mirror Reporter - ANDREW WOODALL New York Post Reporter - HARI DHILLON Sir Geoffrey Lawrence - NICHOLAS WOODESON John Amen - JOSEPH ALESSI Roman Rudenko - NIGEL LINDSAY Sir David Maxwell-Fyfe - FORBES MASSON Marie-Claude Vaillant-Couturier - KATE PHILLIPS Rudolf Hoess - JASPER BRITTON Wilhelm Keitel - JONATHAN CULLEN Walther Funk and other roles - ILAN GOODMAN Fritz Sauckel and other roles - MARK EDEL-HUNT Titles - LEWIS MACLEOD

Sound Designer - ADAM WOODHAMS Studio Manager - MARK SMITH Casting Director - GINNY SCHILLER Original Score - METAPHOR MUSIC Writer and Director - JONATHAN MYERSON Producer - NICHOLAS NEWTON

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Episode 16 - No Trace Will Remain

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Episode 15 - Guilty or Not?

After 216 days in the courtroom, the judges must arrive at their verdicts – the debate will be fierce. Outside, some expect all the Nazis to hang, others predict prison or even acquittal. And while th...

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Episode 13 - Just Another Swindle

April 1946, the trial continues but the German people either don’t believe the evidence or just ignore it. Is it because or in spite of the horrific evidence? But they have to start paying attention –...

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Episode 12 - Glory or Disgrace

March 1946 and it’s time to hear the Defence Case. Goering is first into the witness box but he seems unashamed, proud of what the Nazis achieved. His duel with the prosecutors begins and they have to...

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Episode 10 - Too Much Paper

The trial is underway but the accused men in the dock seem almost proud of what they did. Some of the Nazi documents are chilling but there are simply too many of them. It will need something much mor...

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Episode 11 - What Does Evil Look Like?

January 1946, the army psychologist assigned to look after the Accused has a never-to-be-repeated chance to examine evil, close-up, day-by-day. What made these 22 men capable of such horrific acts? He...

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