Captain Gustave Gilbert , a German-speaking US intelligence officer and psychologist , interviewed Göring and the others in prison during the trial . Gilbert kept a journal , which he later published as '' Nuremberg Diary '' . Here he describes Göring on the evening of 18 April 1946 , as the trials were halted for a three-day Easter recess : On several occasions over the course of the trial , the prosecution showed films of the concentration camps and other atrocities . Everyone present , including Göring , found the contents of the films shocking ; he said that the films must have been faked . Witnesses , including Paul Koerner and Erhard Milch , tried to portray Göring as a peaceful moderate . Milch stated it had been impossible to oppose Hitler or disobey his orders ; to do so would likely have meant death for oneself and one 's family . When testifying on his own behalf , Göring emphasised his loyalty to Hitler , and claimed to know nothing about what had happened in the concentration camps , which were under Himmler 's control . He gave evasive , convoluted answers to direct questions and had plausible excuses for all his actions during the war . He used the witness stand as a venue to expound at great length on his own role in the Reich , attempting to present himself as a peacemaker and diplomat before the outbreak of the war . During cross-examination , chief prosecutor Robert H. Jackson read out the minutes of a meeting that had been held shortly after Kristallnacht , a major pogrom in November 1938 . At the meeting , Göring had plotted to confiscate Jewish property in the wake of the pogrom . Later , David Maxwell-Fyfe proved it was impossible for Göring not to have known about the Stalag Luft III murdersthe shooting of fifty airmen who had been recaptured after escaping from Stalag Luft IIIin time to have prevented the killings . He also presented clear evidence that Göring knew about the extermination of the Hungarian Jews
Kristallnacht
Kristallnacht
Hermann Göring