Editing Nuremberg trials (section)

===Evidence===
[[File:Evidence in Nuremberg trials.jpg|thumb|[[United States Army]] clerks with evidence]]

Over the summer, all of the national delegations struggled to gather evidence for the upcoming trial.{{sfn|Weinke|2006|pp=24–26}} The American and British prosecutors focused on documentary evidence and affidavits rather than testimony from survivors. This strategy increased the credibility of their case, since survivor testimony was considered less reliable and more vulnerable to accusations of bias, but reduced public interest in the proceedings.{{sfn|Sharples|2013|p=39}}{{sfn|Priemel|2016|p=105}} The American prosecution drew on reports of the [[Office of Strategic Services]], an American intelligence agency, and information provided by the [[YIVO Institute for Jewish Research]] and the [[American Jewish Committee]],{{sfn|Priemel|2016|pp=116–117}} while the French prosecution presented many documents that it had obtained from the [[Center of Contemporary Jewish Documentation]].{{sfn|Gemählich|2019|loc=paragraph 19}} [[List of witnesses to the International Military Tribunal|The prosecution called 37 witnesses compared to the defense's 83]], not including 19 defendants who testified on their own behalf.{{sfn|Priemel|2016|p=105}} The prosecution examined 110,000 captured German documents{{sfn|Mouralis|2019|p=22}} and entered 4,600 into evidence,{{sfn|Priemel|2016|p=148}} along with {{convert|30|km}} of film and 25,000 photographs.{{sfn|Mouralis|2016|loc= fn 82}}

The charter allowed the [[Admissible evidence|admissibility]] of any evidence deemed to have [[Relevance (law)|probative]] value, including [[Deposition (law)|deposition]]s.{{sfn|Douglas|2001|p=30}} Because of the loose evidentiary rules, photographs, charts, maps, and films played an important role in making incredible crimes believable.{{sfn|Priemel|2016|p=105}} After the American prosecution submitted many documents at the beginning of the trial, the judges insisted that all of the evidence be read into the record, which slowed the trial.{{sfn|Priemel|2016|p=104}}{{sfn|Douglas|2001|p=18}} The structure of the charges also caused delays as the same evidence ended up being read out multiple times, when it was relevant to both conspiracy and the other charges.{{sfn|Douglas|2001|p=16}}