World War II Nuremberg Trial Prosecutor Ralph G. Albrecht's Trial Notes

World War II Nuremberg Trial Prosecutor Ralph G. Albrecht's Trial Notes

Ralph Gerhart Albrecht (1896-1985) was an American lawyer who was part of the American prosecution team during the Nuremberg trial of major war criminals.

76 pages of notes taken by Albrecht's during the Nuremberg trials of Hermann Göring, Rudolf Hess, Joachim vn Ribbentrop, Field Marshall Wilhem Keitel, Ernst Kaltenbrunner, Alfred Rosenberg, Dr. Hans Frank, Dr. Wilhelm Frick, Julius Streicher, Hjalmar Schacht, Walter Emanuel Funk, and Grand Admiral Karl Dönitz, with several leaves laid in, including a mimeograph copy of a poem, "Reflections on Funk's defence," by "F.E.J."

During World War II, Albrecht served from 1941 to 1945 as a Commander in the United States Navy and in 1945 as Deputy Director of the OSS (Office of Strategic Services) with responsibility for war crimes and as a special assistant to the United States Attorney General. After the end of the war, he served as a member of the American prosecution team under the direction of Chief Prosecutor Robert H. Jackson at the Nuremberg Trial of the Major War Criminals.