Nuremberg Trial Day 101 (1946) Wilhelm Keitel Cross Maxwell-Fyfe (AM)

On April 6, 1946, Sir David Maxwell-Fyfe, British Deputy Chief Prosecutor at the Nuremberg Trial, cross examined Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel. Keitel was presented a letter he sent to Col. Amen stating he was only a soldier and that Hitler was responsible for the terroristic and illegal measures. He was rebuked for the killing of captured saboteurs, the reprisals against families of allied volunteers, the shooting of escaped prisoners and other violations of international law.