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The Nuremberg Trials | Article The Prosecution The chief prosecutors for the trial of Nazi war criminals at Nuremberg came from four nations. They were: Robert H. Jackson for the United States; Hartley Shawcross for the United Kingdom; General R. A. Rudenko for the Soviet Union; and François de Menthon and Auguste Champetier de Ribes for France. Palace of Justice Jackson and his legal team were first to arrive in Nuremberg at the Palace of Justice, the gray sandstone courthouse where the Nazis had enacted their notorious race laws in 1933. Read More...