Palace of Justice, Nuremberg

Geschichte

The Nuremberg Palace of Justice is a building complex in Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany. It was constructed from 1909 to 1916 and houses the appellate court, the regional court, the local court and the public prosecutor's office.
The building was the location of the Nuremberg Trials that were held in 1945-1949 after World War II for the main Nazi Germany personalities presumed to be still alive. Colonel Burton C. Andrus was both the commandant of Nuremberg Prison and Military Officer commanding the garrison protecting the Palace. Among the indicted were Hermann Göring, Rudolf Hess, Franz von Papen, Arthur Seyss-Inquart and Joachim von Ribbentrop. Göring was not hanged as sentenced, but committed suicide by taking a cyanide pill smuggled into his cell. His suicide note stated that \"being hanged is not appropriate for a man of [my] status\".
The trials took place in courtroom number 600, situated in the eastern wing of the Palace of Justice. The courtroom is still used, especially for murder trials. At the end of the Nuremberg Trials the courtroom was refurbished, and is now smaller. A wall that had been removed during the trials in order to create more space was re-erected.