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Prosecutor of Nazis at Nuremberg Tribunals
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Whitney Harris was assistant to Robert Jackson, the chief prosecutor of the Nuremberg War Crimes Tribunal. He did much of the investigative work to document the genocide. He told Der Spiegel in 2005 he had no idea of the scale of crimes when he started gathering evidence. He persevered in his efforts to establish a permanent International Criminal Court after the war. In the post war period he taught law at Southern Methodist University, and was a corporate attorney for Southwestern Bell Telephone Company.
Robert Jackson, chief U.S. prosecutor, Nuremberg War Crimes Tribunal, and assistant Whitney Harris
04/23/2010
Whitney did much of the investigative work to record the crimes committed by the Nazis. His book, "Tyranny on Trial," records this effort. He persevered after this in efforts to establish a permanent International Criminal Court.
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