Inventory of the Records of Nuremberg War Crime Trials, 1947-1948

Collection Number 3567


Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Collection Information
Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Online Catalog Headings
Biographical Note
Collection Overview
Related Material
Contact Information:
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890
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Descriptive Summary

Repository
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Creator
Dixon, Richard Dillard, 1888-1952.
Title
Records of Nuremberg War Crime Trials, 1947-1948.
Call Number
3567
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
18.0 linear feet
Abstract
Richard Dillard Dixon of Edenton, N.C., alumnus of the University of North Carolina, lawyer and businessman, clerk of court and superior court judge, went to Germany in 1946 for the Nuremberg war crime trials and in May 1947 was appointed to serve as an alternate to any of the Tribunals. He participated in four of the twelve war crimes trials held in Nuremberg under authority of the Allied Control Council Law No. 10, specifically cases no. 1, no. 2, no. 5, and no. 9. Files concerning case no. 5, the Flick trial, and case no. 9, the Einsatzgruppen trial, of the twelve trials of war criminals before the Nuremberg Military Tribunals under Allied Control Council Law No. 10. The files consist almost entirely of mimeographed transcripts of daily proceedings and of related documents; they contain some materials not included in the officially published proceedings.


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Administrative Information

Acquisitions Information
Gift 1949
Processing Information
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Additional Descriptive Resources
A more complete finding aid for this collection is available at the Southern Historical Collection.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the Records of Nuremberg War Crime Trials, #3567, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
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Online Catalog Headings

These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.

Dixon, Richard Dillard, 1888-1952.
Judges--United States--History--20th century.
Nuremberg War Crime Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, 1946-1949.
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Related Material

John Johnston Parker Papers (#3464); Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Biographical Note

Richard Dillard Dixon of Edenton, N.C., alumnus of the University of North Carolina, lawyer and businessman, clerk of court and superior court judge, went to Germany in 1946 for the Nuremberg war crime trials and in May 1947 was appointed to serve as an alternate to any of the Tribunals. He participated in four of the twelve war crimes trials held in Nuremberg under authority of the Allied Control Council Law No. 10, specifically cases no. 1, no. 2, no. 5, and no. 9.

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Collection Overview

Files concerning case no. 5, the Flick trial, and case no. 9, the Einsatzgruppen trial, of the twelve trials of war criminals before the Nuremberg Military Tribunals under Allied Control Council Law No. 10. The files consist almost entirely of mimeographed transcripts of daily proceedings and of related documents; they contain some materials not included in the officially published proceedings.