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Correspondence with Baroness Marie von Neurath on her attempts to secure an early release for her husband, Constantin von Neurath, former German Foreign Minister, who had been imprisoned at Spandau [Berlin, Germany] as a war criminal following the Nuremberg Trials.

Scope and Contents Mainly correspondence between HL and Rachel Lauterpacht with Elihu Lauterpacht, on subjects including: Elihu's progress at Harrow; a visit by Robert H Jackson [Justice, United States Supreme Court]; preparations for Elihu's entry to Trinity College, University of Cambridge; Rachel's planned visit to Palestine. Other correspondents include: Robert H Jackson; Paul de Labilliere, Dean of Westminster. Also includes a draft paper by Jackson for the Nuremberg Tribunal on the proposed...

Scope and Contents Includes HL's letters to Rachel on subjects including: the Nuremberg Trials, particularly his help with the opening speech by Sir Hartley Shawcross, Attorney General and Chief British Prosecutor at Nuremberg, the effect of Robert H Jackson's opening speech, coverage of the trials in the Times and HL's public lecture on the trials; the progress of his book ["Recognition in International Law"]; a good review of ["An International Bill of the Rights of Man"] by 1st Lord Templewood, earlier Sir...

Scope and Contents Includes correspondence between HL, Elihu and Rachel Lauterpacht, on subjects including: Rachel's visit to her family in Palestine; possible news of HL's brother's family in Poland; HL's election to the Athenaeum; problems with domestic staff; Sir Arnold McNair's nomination to the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague; HL's holiday in Hunstanton [Norfolk]; Elihu's progress at Trinity College, University of Cambridge; concerns about HL's health; Elihu's visit to Switzerland....

Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Sir Arnold McNair on subjects including HL's proposed book on the International Court, the Year Book of International Law, his own writing work, his view of Lord Asquith [and the Petroleum Development (Trucial Coast) Ltd v Abu Dhabi case], the Norwegian Fisheries case, his concerns about a planned book by Ben Wortley and HL's forthcoming appointment to the International Law Commission (8); Sir David Hughes Parry; Lord Porter; Sir Hartley Shawcross, Attorney General,...

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Comprising correspondence with a number of MPs and notable individuals from the period, including Harold Macmillan, Winston Churchill, and Anthony Eden. The series also includes some press cuttings and printed materials.

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Includes correspondence with Lord Birkett [Norman Birkett, 1st Baron Birkett]; court entrance tickets; and a sketch of Lord Kilmuir drawn by Alfred Rosenberg, Nazi defendant.

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Research notes and photocopies from the Public Record Office, on subjects including: war crimes; HL's request to publish a minute by Lord Curzon on recognition; Nuremberg, including an original annotated draft of the Indictment, September 1945; the Corfu Channel case; the status of German refugees; the use of State papers in HL's book on Recognition of International Law.

Scope and Contents Notes, correspondence and source material on subjects including: treating crimes against Hungarian Jews, including deportation, as war crimes, 1944; HL's contribution to the law of war crimes; HL's graduation from the University of Lvov and family background in Ukraine; Raphael Lemkin; HL's (transcribed) draft of the opening speech by the Attorney-General [Sir Hartley Shawcross] at Nuremberg [see also LAUT 4/36-37]; human rights; the Holocaust at Nuremberg.Includes some original...

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Includes articles by Robert Kempner, Professor Stefan Glasser, Telford Taylor, Francis Biddle, Quincy Wright, and Jean Gravan.

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Papers comprising diaries, correspondence, speeches, articles, personal papers, press cuttings and photographs.
With press cuttings relating to his father, William Thompson Fyfe, 1906-7.

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Papers from HL's professional legal career, including articles, memoranda, Opinions, papers for the British legal team at the Nuremberg Trials, and papers relating to cases before the Permanent Court of International Justice, and after the war, its successor the International Court of Justice.

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Includes: notes by Arnold McNair on 1st Lord Maugham's synopsis relating to the punishment of war criminals, 1942; issue of the booklet "These 21", a collection of reports on the Nuremberg defendants, written by Allan Dreyfuss for The Stars and Stripes; press cutting from the Times on the sentences.

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HL's manuscript draft of the closing speech which he wrote for Sir Hartley Shawcross, Chief Prosecutor for Britain at Nuremberg, with annotated typescript copies of that and of his draft for Shawcross's opening speech. Includes a later copy of the typescripts with further annotations, presumably by Sir Elihu Lauterpacht, for publication purposes.

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The press cuttings up to 1950 were mounted in volumes previously used by Lord Kilmuir for notes on cases in which he was involved as Solicitor-General and Attorney-General (reference: KLMR 2/2-24 and 3/1-4).
Includes press cuttings relating to Lord Kilmuir's time as Solicitor-General, the Nuremberg Trials, and other political subjects.

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The press cuttings up to 1950 were mounted in volumes previously used by Lord Kilmuir for notes on cases in which he was involved as Solicitor-General and Attorney-General (reference: KLMR 2/2-24 and 3/1-4).
Includes press cuttings relating to Lord Kilmuir's time as Solicitor-General, the Nuremberg Trials, and other political subjects.

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Mainly comprises correspondence about Robert H. Jackson, United States Chief Prosecutor at the Nuremberg Trials.
Includes a copy of 'Justice Jackson and Nuremberg - a British Tribute' by Lord Kilmuir.

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Papers comprising diaries, correspondence, speeches, articles, personal papers, press cuttings and photographs.
With press cuttings relating to his father, William Thompson Fyfe, 1906-7.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Papers comprising diaries, correspondence, speeches, articles, personal papers, press cuttings and photographs.
With press cuttings relating to his father, William Thompson Fyfe, 1906-7.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Papers comprising diaries, correspondence, speeches, articles, personal papers, press cuttings and photographs.
With press cuttings relating to his father, William Thompson Fyfe, 1906-7.

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The press cuttings up to 1950 were mounted in volumes previously used by Lord Kilmuir for notes on cases in which he was involved as Solicitor-General and Attorney-General (reference: KLMR 2/2-24 and 3/1-4).
Includes press cuttings relating to Lord Kilmuir's time as Solicitor-General, the Nuremberg Trials, and other political subjects.

Scope and Contents Typescript draft of an article by KW [Kenneth White, journalist] giving eye witness account of Nuremberg trial including: transport and accommodation; organisation of the trial; evidence; and impressions of the former Nazi leaders on trial including [Hermann] Goering, [Rudolf] Hess, [Joachim von] Ribbentrop, [Wilhelm Keitel], [Julius] Streicher. Ends with the prediction "When the final gong sounds in the death-struggle of the Hitler Saga, assuredly some of its masters will swing at...

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Papers comprising diaries, correspondence, speeches, articles, personal papers, press cuttings and photographs.
With press cuttings relating to his father, William Thompson Fyfe, 1906-7.