The Voices from the Past
Nazi Forced-Labour Chief Fritz Sauckel’s Final Speech at Nuremberg (1946)
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Nuremberg Trials – Nuremberg, Germany – 31 August 1946.
Fritz Sauckel, Nazi Germany’s Plenipotentiary for Labour Deployment and the man responsible for the mass enslavement of millions across occupied Europe, delivers his final speech before the International Military Tribunal. Convicted of war crimes and crimes against humanity, Sauckel spoke his last words before receiving the death sentence.
You can watch Fritz Sauckel's full story here: https://watch.worldhistory.tv/videos/nazi-slave-labour-chief-of-europe-fritz-sauckel
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