From Bob Zappone

From Nuremberg, Germany,

sometime in 1945 or 1946:

I was very much impressed with the Nuremberg war crime trials. Naturally, I went to get a close-up look at Goering, Hess and the rest of the gang, but I also went to find out whether the trials were really accomplishing anything. I came away with a wonderful “glow on” and also a great amount of respect for Justice Jackson (Robert H. Jackson, chief American prosecutor).

I decided the most intelligent-looking one is – no, decidedly not Goering – but Speers (Albert Speer).

… Hess was the only one who paid no attention whatever. (Franz) Von Papen was very attentive while that jerk (Walther) Funk looked like he couldn’t have gotten out of kindergarten. And he was the joker who was heading the economic branch of the German government until Speers took over.

… You can put this down for the record – the Nuremberg trials are no farce. They are really writing history there.

(Bob Zappone, Jack’s brother, graduated from Gonzaga University and now lives in Seattle).