'Liverpool went quite well. I gave ‘the ladies’ a pep talk involving Nuremberg & its lessons to the young and they appeared to like it.' #thisweek 1946 David Maxwell Fyfe's wife Sylvia sends news of his constituency which she took care of during his year away. #Nuremberg80

'It would be wonderful beyond words... I also know you need a rest.. It is too much for anyone to be at that strain all the time.' #OnThisDay 1946 Nuremberg prosecutor David Maxwell Fyfe's wife Sylvia responds to news of his Easter homecoming.
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'It is perfect weather - hot and blue. I wonder if you have got it?' #thisweek 1946 Sylvia Maxwell Fyfe continues her written conversation with her husband David beginning with the weather, whilst revealing how fully he is in her thoughts. #Nuremberg80

'There is just a chance that I might get a weekend at Easter. It is such a wonderful thought that I cannot credit it' #thisweek 1946 Nuremberg prosecutor David Maxwell Fyfe is excited by the idea of a few days at home with his wife Sylvia. #ListentoLetters #Nuremberg80

'The letters...did you read the letters?' Nuremberg film star #RamiMalek describes how British prosecutor David Maxwell Fyfe shared intimate insights into the Trials each day as he wrote home to his wife Sylvia. Follow their story day to day for #Nuremberg80.

'(The judges) never take a strong line with the defendants or keep their Nazi speeches within bounds.' David Maxwell Fyfe gives his intimate insight into the Nuremberg Trials in this letter to his wife Sylvia #thisweek 80 years ago. #ListentoLetters - #Nuremberg80

'I am afraid that Ribbentrop did go into the witness box. I hope to start on him on Monday' #OTD 1946 David Maxwell Fyfe responds to a letter written to him by his wife Sylvia, revealing how close their letters were to a continuing conversation. #Nuremberg80

'Under the rain of courteous yet deadly questions the suave confidence of the surviving chief Nazi, the man who with Hitler had ruled the Reich, evaporated' #thisweek 80 years ago Sketch shines a spotlight on David Maxwell Fyfe's impact at the Nuremberg Trials. #Nuremberg80

'I hope you have had a slight rest over the weekend and feel alright to continue your spectacular performance' David Maxwell Fyfe's wife Sylvia is well aware of the pressure of the Nuremberg schedule as this intimate insight from #thisweek 80 years ago reveals. #Nuremberg80

'We have finished with Goering and on Monday I hope to have a go at Hess' David Maxwell Fyfe reveals the packed schedule at the Nuremberg Trials in this letter home to his wife Sylvia #thisweek 80 years ago. #Nuremberg80

'The genius of the place is Sir David Maxwell Fyfe who so far excels the other prosecutors that he has almost played them off the stage' Atticus @thetimes.com reports how the British prosecutor is making his mark at the Nuremberg Trials #thisweek 80 years ago. #Nuremberg80

'Your voice and whole personality came right into the room...' #thisweek 80 years ago Sylvia Maxwell Fyfe writes to her husband, David of her visit to BBC to hear a recording they had made of his cross-examination of Hitler's deputy at the Nuremberg Trials. #Nuremberg80

'We who have known shame we have found release there' Now God be Thanked in Sue Casson's Dreams of Peace & Freedom VI echoes the idealism behind the Nuremberg Trials - restoring natural justice after the bloodshed of WWII. #Nuremberg80

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'David Maxwell Fyfe’s skills in cross-examination alone saved the reputation of the court' Guy Ramsay
@dailymail.co.uk reports on the way he brought Hitler's deputy Goering down to size #thisweek in 1946, marking the moment David began to step noticeably out onto the world stage. #Nuremberg80

'I am surrounded by beautiful newspapers full of quite hysterical praise for you.' Back in London, David Maxwell Fyfe's wife Sylvia saw the impact of her husband's cross-examination of Hitler's deputy widely reported, and heard snippets broadcast on the radio from the courtroom. #Nuremberg80

'In the cross-examination of witnesses Sir David Maxwell Fyfe holds the honours' Rebecca West wrote of his cross-examination of Herman Goering at the Nuremberg Trials in @newyorker.com #thisweek 80 years ago. #Nuremberg80

'The English Press have been very kindly' David Maxwell Fyfe continues in this letter to his wife. The original plan had not listed Goering amongst his cross-examinations, but getting him to admit his guilt brought him to the attention of the world for the first time.' #Nuremberg80

'I think my cross-examination of Goering went alright' David Maxwell Fyfe's great grandson reads a letter home confiding his satisfaction at the impact of his confrontation with Hitler's deputy at the Trials #thisweek 80 years ago in the courtroom where it took place #Nuremberg80

Whilst Goering tried to worm his way out of responsibility for and knowledge of the shootings of the escaped Stalag Luft III airmen, he did not try to hide his horror at the murders. Given the scope and scale of the war this is an extraordinary statement. #Nuremberg80

'I personally pointed out to the Fuhrer repeatedly that it is the duty of these officers to escape' Goering revealed to Maxwell Fyfe at the Nuremberg Trials #OTD 1946, that he knew the Geneva Convention rules regarding escapee British airmen in detail. #Nuremberg80

'They had been shot while resisting arrest while trying to escape' #OnThisDay 80 years ago, under cross-examination by David Maxwell Fyfe, Hermann Goering initially argued that he was unaware of the shooting of the escapee British airmen, and took no responsibility. #Nuremberg80

'You remember the German government sent an official note about this matter' During his cross-examination David Maxwell Fyfe drew Goering's attention to a briefing at Luftwaffe HQ stating that murder of escaping British airmen would breach the Geneva Convention. #Nuremberg80

What distinguished David Maxwell Fyfe’s cross-examination of Goering was his forensic approach to the leader's collusion in the crimes committed, the ‘deadly stuff’. His questioning focused on 'The Great Escape' of Stalag Luft III airmen that ended in their murder. #Nuremberg80

The Geneva Convention, with measures to protect PoWs was signed 11 years after the end of WWII. Exchanges between David Maxwell Fyfe and Hermann Goering during his cross-examination at the NurembergTrials shows a shared understanding of its rules governing conduct in war. #Nuremberg80

'You must have been going raving mad listening to that other stuff' #OnThisDay 80 years ago David Maxwell Fyfe's wife Sylvia expresses the frustration she has picked up from her husband at US prosecutor Jackson's inability to confront Goering on his war crimes. #Nuremberg80

#OTD 1946 Sylvia & David Maxwell Fyfe shared a rare telephone call. 'It was wonderful to hear your voice... I have to check my desire to hear all the personal things & tell you how much I love you. However the official side of what I was saying is interesting enough. #Nuremberg80

Our host Ian Cook described our show as 'a theatrical performance of song, spoken words & images graphically showing why such novel ideas (as ECHR) needed expression' after the destruction of WWII. We were photographed together on stage before curtain up #Nuremberg80 #OneStory

We were delighted to travel to perform Dreams of Peace & Freedom at the invitation of Ian Cook, who saw the show @edfringe.bsky.social last summer and wanted to bring our forgotten story to the Isle of Man to mark #Nuremberg80 #SongsofthePeople

#OnThisDay 1946 David Maxwell Fyfe watched his US counterpart Robert Jackson cross-examine Hitler's deputy, Hermann Goering at Nuremberg Trials. In this letter home he reveals his misgivings that he would not go hard on the war crimes, what he calls 'really deadly stuff.' #Nuremberg80

#OnthisDay 1946 Nuremberg prosecutor David Maxwell Fyfe watched his US counterpart Robert Jackson cross-examine Goering. He had admired Jackson's opening speech but had misgivings that he would not go hard on the war crimes, what he calls the 'really deadly stuff'. #Nuremberg80