Nuremberg Day 200 Von Manstein

On August 10, 1946, Brigadier General Telford Taylor, American Prosecutor, commenced one of the most devastating cross examinations of the Trial. The focus was Manstein's actions as commander of the German 11th Army from Sept. 1941 until 1944. In this excerpt Taylor reads from an order of July 23, 1941 signed by Keitel. Reference was also made to the Commissar Order and a certain Order he signed. He had difficulty recalling these.
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[StaffanGoldschmidt]

Killing people is a crime unless you have the atombomb and you win the war!

[tupakki]

Why on earth they have filmed this american? Not making any sense. English subtitles would be great as well. Basically these trials were joke. Why on earth they convicted von Manstein? He was just an awesome leader, it's not a crime. There should have been trial for criminals of read army as well, Stalin included. Allied weren't saints either, terror bombing against german civilians etc. Allied were phoney.

[Boutiquez]

I find the prosecutor smug and oily and furthermore, I'd be surprised if he's ever heard a shot fired in anger. Sure they can prosecute Manstein because ultimately he failed,but for the love of God, must we go through the pretense that this is anything other than a show trial.

[frederickletterblair]

Why the video shows only the prosecutor instead of Von Manstein? I have absolutely no interest in seeing this guy's face.

[PrinceMustDie666]

The video only shows the prosecutor not Manstein, and no audible reply and no translation either. It's a historical piece but doesn't show anything much unfortunately

[CE750]

@tupakki they threw Manstein under the bus because he handed the Russians their ass! Moreover, when we decided (like it was a surprise to anyone) that the Russians were now the bad guys, Manstein became our friend again and helped form the new German Army.

[sheemsheem]

@winifredatwell Bullshit, source? source? source?

[jonastti]

@bebeinpa ww2 start in Europe with Germans and Russians atacking the Poland. Remember, Poland had been divide in 2, but,,,,,

[bebeinpa]

@StaffanGoldschmidt Don't be an ass. Japan started the war against us, as Germany did in Europe. Despite Hitler's criminal orders, Manstein could have AT LEAST protested, as Blaskowitz did, and attempted, in his theatre, to mitigate the crimes against civilians.

[TariqAlSuave]

@winifredatwell He also issued his own version of the Reichenau Order, emphasizing "the necessity for the harsh punishment of Jewry." He wasn't compelled to do this -- most generals didn't.

That this piece of shit ever saw sunlight again is a fucking travesty.

[lonewulf44]

@emmteez1 You don't have to go that far ... just remove the fool corporal from power and you practically have the same result. Hitler literally basically snatched defeat from the jaws of victory in europe.

[kampfgruppe88]

Where are the German to English translation? If you want to see it in English to see how weak the cases were read the original transcripts. There are also several good books on the questionable practice of post facto law at Nuremberg. In other words these laws were made after the offense and therefore the actions were not illegal.It truly was victors justice and a show trial