1,200 The total number of prisoners that Nuremberg’s Palace of Justice was capable of holding
UNDER LOCK AND KEY 21 Nazis accused of war crimes are watched by 21 guards, at Nuremberg jail in 1946
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On 7 May 1945, a week after Adolf Hitler’s suicide, Germany’s Chief of Operations Alfred Jodl signed his country’s unconditional surrender, putting his faith in Allied clemency. “ The German people and the German armed forces are, for better or worse, delivered into the hands of the victors. In this hour, I can only hope that the victors will treat them with generosity,” he said.