Front page of the Chicago Daily Tribune the day after the Nuremberg verdicts, featuring cartoon depicting Nazi war crimes defendants as \"martyrs\", October 2, 1946
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“They’ve made heroes out of us”
The cartoon depicting Nazi war crimes defendants as "martyrs" published on the front page of the Chicago Tribune on October 2, 1946.
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Robert R. McCormick
Robert R. McCormick, publisher of the Chicago Tribune
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Nuremberg "Blunder"
Editorial from the Chicago Tribune, describing the Nazi Nuremberg prosecutions as a \"blunder\" that will be \"repudiated by history\", October 16, 1946
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"An Outrage on Justice"
Republican Sen. Robert Taft criticizes the Nazi Nuremberg trials as an \"outrage on justice\" that America will \"long regret\", October 6, 1946
— The Sioux City Journal
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William Dudley Pelley
Pro-Nazi leader of the Silver Shirts, William Dudley Pelley, 1940
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"Political prisoner"
An article in the Chicago Tribune, referring to pro-Nazi Silver Shirts leader William Dudley Pelley as a \"political prisoner,\" November 3, 1949.
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"Parole Pelley"
The Chicago Tribune covers Republican Sen. William Langer's efforts to secure parole for Silver Shirts leader William Dudley Pelley, September 20, 1949
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Pelley is Freed
A headline in the Chicago Tribune about Silver Shirts leader William Dudley Pelley being released from prison on parole.
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Senator McCarthy
Republican Senator Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin during his first year in Washington, September 1947
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"First in a series"
The Chicago Tribune reprints false claims made by U.S. Army Colonel Willis Everett, that German defendants in the Malmedy Trial were beaten into making false confessions.
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"German Colonel Alleges Tricks, Abuse"
The Chicago Tribune reprints statements made by a German Colonel, falsely claiming that he had been tortured by American interrogators who were investigating the Malmedy Massacre.
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First Assignment
Senator Lester Hunt's first major assignment as a new Senator is serving on the Armed Services subcommittee investigating the Malmedy war crimes trial
— American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming
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Senate Malmedy Committee
The three members of the Senate Malmedy Committee (l-r): Sen. Lester Hunt (D-WY), Sen. Estes Kefauver (D-TN), Sen. Raymond Baldwin (R-CT)
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"Inspecting Report"
Sen. Lester Hunt (D-WY) and Sen. Raymond Baldwin (R-CT) look over a document related to their Senate investigation of the Malmedy prosecutions, October 1949
— American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming
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"Irate Senator"
Sen. Joe McCarthy storms out of Senate Malmedy hearings, declaring the entire investigate a \"whitewash\"
— The New York Times
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McCarthy's Report
Sen. Lester Hunt's personal copy of Sen. Joe McCarthy's rival report on Malmedy which repeats false torture allegations, July 1949
— American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming
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"Not proven"
Sen. Lester Hunt's handwritten notes on Sen. Joe McCarthy's Malmedy report. Sen. Hunt notes a section with allegations that are "not proven"
— American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming
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Senators To Germany
News clippings from Sen. Lester Hunt's personal files about the Senate Malmedy committee taking their investigation to Germany
— American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming
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Final Report
Sen. Lester Hunt's copy of the final Senate Malmedy Report, released October 1949
— American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming
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"Pro-Nazi Plot"
Newspaper article detailing the findings of the Senate Malmedy committee, which determined the torture allegations to be part of an effort to return the Nazis to power
