Witness to Nuremberg

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Title:

Author:

Sonnenfeldt, Richard W., 1923-2009.

ISBN:

9781559708166

9781559708562

Personal Author:

Sonnenfeldt, Richard W., 1923-2009.

Uniform Title:

Mehr als ein Leben. English

Edition:

1st English-language ed.

Publication Information:

New York : Arcade Pub. : Distributed by Hachette Book Group, 2006.

Physical Description:

230 pages ; 25 cm

Contents:

Nuremberg, 1945-1956 -- The trial -- Family -- Childhood -- Rise of the Nazis -- England -- Internment -- America -- U.S. Army -- Visiting Gardelegen -- Nuremberg 50 years later.

Abstract:

"In Witness to Nuremberg, the chief interpreter for the American prosecution at the Nuremberg trials after World War II offers his insights into dealing directly with Hermann Goering, a leading member of the Nazi Party, as well as the story of his own colorful, eventful life before and after the trials. At age twenty-two, Richard Sonnenfeldt was appointed chief interpreter for the American prosecution of Nazi war criminals at Nuremberg. His pretrial time spent with Hermann Goering reveals much about not only Goering, but Hitler, Goebbels, Himmler, and other high-ranking Nazis. Sonnenfeldt was the only American who talked with all the defendants. Here is his inimitable life in wonderful detail."--Publisher's website.

Chronicles the author's escape from Germany in 1938, his role as chief interpreter during the Nuremberg war crimes trial, his insights into Hermann Goering and other Nazi leaders, and his postwar work in the development of color TV.

Personal Subject:

Sonnenfeldt, Richard W., 1923-2009.

Subject Term:

Nuremberg War Crime Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, 1946-1949.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American.

Translators -- United States -- Biography.

German Americans -- Biography.

Electronic Access:

Table of contents http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0615/2006018636.html

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In this gripping memoir by the chief American interpreter atthe Nuremberg trials, Richard Sonnenfeldt recounts a remarkable life. Bythe time he was 18, Sonnenfeldt had grown up in Germany, escaped toEngland, been deported to Australia as a "German enemy alien", arrived inthe U.S., and joined the U.S. army. By age 22 he had fought in the Battleof the Bulge and helped liberate the Dachau concentration camp, when he wasappointed chief interpreter for the American prosecution of Nazi warcriminals at the Nuremberg trials. During his service, he spent pretrialtime with Hermann Goering as well as other top Nazi leaders like vonRibbentrop, Rudolph Hoess, and Julius Streicher, the infamous editor of theanti-Semitic Der Sturmer. An engineer in later life, he was a principaldeveloper of color TV and computer technology and a key player in NASA'spreparation of the first moon shot.