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The Monday Play: The Nuremberg Trial

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on BBC Radio 4 FM

A dramatic reconstruction of the most significant trial of the 20th century in which key members of the Nazi leadership were indicted for waging aggressive war and committing crimes against humanity. Does the trial still have resonances today? Should Speer have been hanged?
Was Hess insane? How did Goering nearly outwit the Prosecution? Those taking part include Luise Jodl ,
Niklas Frank (relatives of the defendants); Otto Krantzbuehler (defence lawyer); and Lord Shawcross, Whitney R Harris and Drexel Sprecher (prosecutors). with John Rowe , Paul Jenkins , Crawford Logan , Ross Livingstone , Stephen Critchlow , Roger May , Tessa Worsley , Jane Whittenshaw , Caroline Strong and Linda Regan
Trial transcripts dramatised by Peter Goodchild Directed and produced by Martin Jenkins and John Theocharis
* See This Week: page 13

Contributors

Unknown:
Luise Jodl
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Niklas Frank
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Otto Krantzbuehler
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Whitney R Harris
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John Rowe
Unknown:
Paul Jenkins
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Crawford Logan
Unknown:
Ross Livingstone
Unknown:
Stephen Critchlow
Unknown:
Roger May
Unknown:
Tessa Worsley
Unknown:
Jane Whittenshaw
Unknown:
Caroline Strong
Unknown:
Linda Regan
Dramatised By:
Peter Goodchild
Produced By:
Martin Jenkins
Produced By:
John Theocharis
Geoffrey Lawrence:
Bernard Hepton
Robert Jackson:
Henry Goodman
Hartley Shawcross:
David Timson
Maxwell Fyfe:
Geoffrey Whitehead
John Harlan Amen:
Nigel Anthony
Francis Biddle:
Bob Sherman
Hoess:
Robert Glenister
Dr Gilbert:
Mike Nussbaum
Hermann Goering:
Gerard Murphy
Rudolf Hess:
Andrew Branch
Joachim von Ribbentrop:
David Collings
tians Frank/Khaki' Roberts:
John Hartley
Julius Streicher:
John Hollis
Fritz Sauckel:
Paul Copley
Alfred Jodi:
John Shrapnel
Grand Admiral Doenitz:
John Castle
Albert Speer:
Michael Cochrane
Krantzbuehler:
Michael Maloney
Source: Radio Times

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