| Original caption: “portrait of Alfred Jodl with his arms crossed as he listens to proceedings at his war crimes trial at Nuremberg, Germany.” Defendant Alfred Jodl (May 10, 1890 – October 16, 1946) during the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg. Jodl was Chief of the Armed Forces High Command Operations Staff. Colonel General Alfred Jodl was Chief of the Armed Forces High Command Operations Staff for Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (OKW; “Armed Forces High Command”). OKW supervised all theaters except the Eastern Front. In this capacity Jodl directed most military campaigns and participated in planning and authorizing the brutal methods that the German Armed Forces employed while waging war. Jodl was found guilty on all 4 counts (conspiracy, crimes against peace, war crimes, and crimes against humanity) and sentenced to death. He was hanged on October 16, 1946. Jodl’s last words were reportedly Ich grüße Dich, mein ewiges Deutschland. (“I salute you, my eternal Germany.”) | |
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| Image Dimensions | 2318 x 3000 |
| Photographer | |
| Photographer Title | New York World-Telegram and the Sun |
| Caption Author | Written or Adapted by Jason McDonald |
| Date Photographed | November 30, 1945 |
| Location | Justizpalast |
| City | Nuremberg |
| State or Province | Bavaria |
| Country | Germany |
| Archive | Library of Congress |
| Record Number | LC-DIG-PPMSCA-13326 |
| Status | Caption ©2026 MFA Productions LLC Please Do Not Duplicate or Distribute Without Permission; Image in the Public Domain |
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