LETTERS EXCHANGED BETWEEN DAVID & SYLVIA MAXWELL FYFE
DURING THE  NUREMBERG CRIMES TRIALS    

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These letters were archived and transcribed by David Maxwell Fyfe's grandson, Tom Blackmore. He writes : 

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Throughout the year of the Nuremberg War Crimes Trials David and Sylvia

Maxwell Fyfe corresponded on a regular basis. Early in the trial, the telephone did not work and it was unclear if Sylvia was going to be able to visit. At that time the letters were especially detailed and interesting. As the trial developed, Sylvia's visited and Maxwell Fyfe returned home for major festivals, the letters become more sketchy, in particular when Maxwell Fyfe was very busy during the cross-examinations. However, they become more full once more in the final days of the trial when Maxwell Fyfe was waiting for the end while conducting the prosecution of the organisations of the Nazi state.

 

These letters are in the first place love letters between two people suffering a post-war separation. However much light is thrown by them on the story of the trials, its purpose and characters.