Why the Nuremberg trials were a nightmare for Soviet translators

Emotions ran high at the Nuremberg trials: the traditionally hard work of simultaneous interpreters was coupled with the necessity to render the horrendous details of Nazi crimes.

During the Nuremberg trials, namely the questioning of Fritz Sauckel, labor commissioner at the Four Year Plan office, the Soviet interpreters had an incident. Defendant Sauckel flew off the handle and started shouting, with Thomas Dodd