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Beyond the podcast: Nuremberg
Want to delve further into the Nuremberg trials and the fall of the Nazi regime? HistoryExtra’s David Musgrove rounds up some essential reading, listening and viewing to help you navigate the campaign to bring the Third Reich’s criminals to justice
- Dr David Musgrove
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Published: November 4, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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Eighty years ago, barely a few months after the end of the Second World War, a group of Nazi leaders found themselves in the dock at Nuremberg for the world’s first ever international criminal trial.
In a new HistoryExtra podcast series, available weekly from 16 November, I am joined by Professor Philippe Sands, a world-renowned lawyer, author and historian, to consider the origins of the trials, the dramatic days in court and the complex but profound legacy of the quest to bring Nazis to justice.
Below, I’ve selected some essential further reading, listening and viewing from our archives to broaden your knowledge of Nazi Germany, the Holocaust and the trials themselves. You can explore previous collaborations with Philippe Sands that were alluded to in the episodes, as well as our own interview with Niklas Frank about his experiences of being the son of a Nazi mass murderer.
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In his new BBC Radio 4 series and podcast, Philippe Sands is trying to discover how a senior Nazi eluded justice. He talks to Rob Attar about the troubling questions that emerged from his quest
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My father the Nazi. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Niklas Frank describes his father’s role in the Nazi regime and explains why he wants to ensure his crimes are not forgotten
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A landmark in the history of international criminal justice, the Nuremberg trials saw 24 major Nazi criminals tried as war criminals, with judges from the Allied powers presiding over the hearings. Eleven prominent Nazis were sentenced to death, while others received short prison sentences or no penalty at all. But, says AT Williams, the Nuremberg Tribunal was only a tiny fragment of a whole system of largely forgotten war crimes trials organised by the Allies across Europe...
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Life in Nazi Germany: everything you wanted to know
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As the Allies fought their way into the Third Reich, they uncovered the full, horrific truth: abandoned camps full of starving inmates, where thousands were buried in shallow graves. 75 years after the liberation of Auschwitz and other camps, Richard J Evans recounts how Europe tried to pick up the pieces
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Professor David Stevenson answers listener questions on the 1919-20 conference that sought to resolve the aftermath of the First World War
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