Trial Notes of Ralph G. Albrecht, Prosecutor at the Nuremberg Trials of World War II
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Ralph Gerhart Albrecht (1896-1985) was an American attorney who played a significant role as a member of the prosecution team for the Nuremberg trials, which sought to hold major war criminals accountable following World War II.
Albrecht compiled a comprehensive collection of 76 pages of notes during the Nuremberg trials, where he documented proceedings involving prominent figures such as Hermann Göring, Rudolf Hess, Joachim von Ribbentrop, Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel, Ernst Kaltenbrunner, Alfred Rosenberg, Dr. Hans Frank, Dr. Wilhelm Frick, Julius Streicher, Hjalmar Schacht, Walter Emanuel Funk, and Grand Admiral Karl Dönitz. Along with his notes, there were several additional leaves included, one of which contained a mimeographed poem titled “Reflections on Funk’s Defence,” authored by someone identified only as “F.E.J.”
Throughout World War II, Albrecht served his country as a Commander in the United States Navy from 1941 until 1945. In the same year, he took on the role of Deputy Director for the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), where he was tasked with overseeing matters related to war crimes, alongside serving as a special assistant to the Attorney General of the United States. Once the war concluded, he continued to contribute to the justice process as part of the American prosecution team under the guidance of Chief Prosecutor Robert H. Jackson at the Nuremberg Trials aimed at prosecuting Major War
