Object ID
2019.2.248
Object Name
Photograph
Date
1945
Files
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Description
Black and white photograph of man in a suit (Robert H. Jackson) sitting at a desk, white border. Back marked “ACME PHOTO.”
Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:
In 1945, President Harry S. Truman appointed Supreme Court Justice Jackson United States Chief of Counsel for the prosecution of Nazi war criminals at the international Military Tribunal in Nuremberg, Germany. The “Acme Photo” dated 5/3/1945 states (verso) that Jackson “already has assembled a staff from the War, Navy, and other departments, which have started work on war crimes cases. The appointment will be in addition to his duties on the Supreme Court.”
Dimensions
8 x 6"
Keywords
Robert H. Jackson, Nuremberg Trials
Subcollection
Post
Recommended Citation
"Wire Photo of Robert H. Jackson, U.S. Chief Prosecutor at Nuremberg Tribunal" (1945). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2019.2.248.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/1575