The Victory Museum will open an exhibition about the Nuremberg trials

The exhibition "Nuremberg. The unknown is about the known." The new project is dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the Court of Nations.

"Political and military figures of the Third Reich were convicted at the Nuremberg trials. The International Military Tribunal has put an end to the defeat of Nazism. The trial, which began on November 20, 1945, lasted almost 11 months. Hundreds of witnesses were listened to, and thousands of proofs of Nazi crimes were examined," the Victory Museum noted.

The exhibition will include about 100 items from the funds of the Victory Museum. The exhibition is based on the works of artists, authors of military and political posters: Boris Efimov, Mikhail Kupriyanov, Porfiry Krylov, Nikolai Sokolov (Kukryniksy) and Nikolai Zhukov, who were present as correspondents at the meetings of the International Military Tribunal from November 20, 1945 to October 1, 1946. The unique drawings made from nature are authentic historical evidence that convey the atmosphere of what is happening in the building of the Palace of Justice in Nuremberg.

The sections of the exhibition tell about the work of the International Military Tribunal – court sessions, members of the Soviet delegation. These are photographs, documents, a selection of newspaper fragments, etc. The exhibition will also feature authentic items belonging to members of the Soviet delegation who worked in Nuremberg, such as the notebooks of TASS correspondent Galina Khromushina. Visitors will also see photographs of Evgeny Khaldei and Viktor Temin filming the trial. Another section will tell about the correspondent of the newspaper Izvestia, the artist Boris Yefimov. The showcases and touchscreens will feature the artist's brilliant drawings and his documents, which were transferred to the Izvestia Exhibition Center. Guests of the museum on Poklonnaya Gora will also be able to listen to Boris Yefimov's lecture "At the Nuremberg Trials."

A separate section of the exhibition is dedicated to the main Nazi war criminals of the Third Reich who found themselves in the dock. Sketches by Soviet artists add new details to the history of this process.

"Bright and biting drawings and cartoons are essentially psychological portraits reflecting the defendants' condition during the trial. The artists, among others, reflected how the mood of the Nazis changed, how, under the influence of the ongoing process, they lost their confidence in impunity and began to understand the inexorability of retribution," the Victory Museum emphasized.