Schwurgerichtssaal 600
Schwurgerichtssaal 600 occupies a courtroom within Nuremberg Palace of Justice, where the postwar Nuremberg Trials took place. Its 246 square metres rise 6.7 metres above the floor. A spectator gallery added by the Allies still reflects the tribunal’s international setting.
The courtroom opened in 1916 and served different legal purposes across Nuremberg’s twentieth-century history. During the Nazi era, special courts delivered harsh sentences there. After the Second World War, the Allies adapted the space for military tribunals prosecuting leading Nazi figures. Those proceedings brought crimes against humanity before an international court and shaped international criminal law.
Today, the courtroom forms part of the Memorium Nuremberg Trials, a museum devoted to these events. Exhibits and multimedia presentations explain the trials and their lasting significance. Legal proceedings no longer take place beneath the 6.7-metre ceiling, but the former gallery keeps the room’s courtroom character visible.
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