Although the League of Nations and other international meetings had used simultaneous interpretation prior to the trials at Nuremberg, its successful use there in 1945 gave the method new importance.

To dispel hard feelings, the new president appointed Biddle as the judge for the Nuremberg trial. Truman was also considering the appointment of John Parker to a vacancy on the Supreme Court ...

In the case of the Nuremberg war crime trials after WW2 (recreated in Radio 4's drama-documentary series, Nuremberg) the authorities were ready for executions and prison sentences, but not ...