Nuremberg Diary

Nuremberg Diary is Gustave Gilbert's account of interviews he conducted during the Nuremberg trials of Nazi leaders, including Hermann Göring, involved in World War II and the Holocaust.

Gilbert, a fluent German speaker, served as a prison psychologist in Nuremberg, arriving on October 20, 1945,[1] where he had close contact with those on trial. The text is the verbatim notes Gilbert took immediately after having conversations with the prisoners, information backed up by essays he asked them to write about themselves.[2]

Following the indictments, Gilbert writes: "I asked each of the defendants to autography my copy... with a brief statement giving his opinion of it".[3] Out of the twenty responses received, most either proclaimed personal innocence while blaming Hitler and Himmler, or dismissed the charges entirely. Rosenberg and Streicher blamed the Jews.[4]

  1. ^ Gilbert, G. M.; Gilbert, Gustave Mark (1947). Nuremberg Diary. Farrar, Straus. p. 9. ISBN 978-0-374-22351-9.
  2. ^ p. 3-4
  3. ^ Gilbert, G. M.; Gilbert, Gustave Mark (1947). Nuremberg Diary. Farrar, Straus. p. 10. ISBN 978-0-374-22351-9.
  4. ^ Ibid. pg. 10-13