Michael Arditti

The tedium of covering ‘the greatest trial in history’

The reporters who descended on Nuremberg in October 1945 included some of the century’s greatest writers. But the protracted proceedings would test their patience – and integrity

Hermann Göring and Rudolf Hess in the spotlight at the Nuremberg trials on 4 December 1945. [Getty Images]
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