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Nuremburg prosecutor passes away

Nuremburg prosecutor passes away

The last surviving US prosecutor at the Nuremberg trials, Whitney Harris, has died. He was 97.

Mr. Harris had served in the US Navy during the second world war and was one of the first people appointed to investigate war crimes after the German surrender.

He became lead prosecutor at the Nuremberg war trials which opened in 1945.

Mr. Harris prosecuted Ernst Kaltenbrunner, who was the most senior surviving leader of the Nazi Security Police. Kaltenbrunner was found guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity and was sentenced to death.

Other work conducted by Mr. Harris at this time was the cross-examination of Hermann Georing. He also helped get the confession of Rudolf Franz Hoess, who had been head of the Auschwitz concentration camp.

After the war Mr. Harris dedicated his life to developing an international justice system to deal with war crimes.

Mr. Harris, who died at his home near St. Louis, is survived by his wife, Anna, a son, three stepsons and a stepdaughter.

 

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