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Digest of transcripts

01 March 2024
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In the Northcroft collection this group of documents is labelled the Digest of the Transcripts of Proceedings. It is alternately known as the Narrative Summary of the Record. In fact, in most collections it is referred to as the Narrative Summary. This is a 16 volume set (6261 pages) which provides a daily summary of events found in the Transcripts. It often includes exhibit numbers and summaries of the evidence presented to the IMTFE. Each page is given a heading which states the date (e.g. June 2, 1947), the phase (e.g. Defence – Division IV – Russia), and the associated counsel (e.g. Blakeney – Direct) of the IMTFE. This is a useful tool for understanding the general structure of the trial, particularly of the arguments and phases presented by both sides involved. Because it does not include the Prosecution and Defence summations, or the reading of the Judgment the Digest is incomplete. However, it does span from the beginning of the trial until the last admittance of evidence (Exhibit 3915). Nearing the end of Volume 15 of the Digest, the page numeration becomes skewed. In the original, there is a jump from 6095 to 6906 in one page. This is likely a typographical error. However, from that point forward, the numbers follow this new (erroneous?) pattern. In other words, Volume 15 includes two parts: 1) Pages 5601 – 6095, and 2) Pages 6906 – 6937. Confusing matters even further, someone has corrected the “typo” with an overlaid new ink-written page sequence. This gives the second section of Volume 15 two sets of page numbers. The original lists pages 6906 – 6937. The amended version lists pages 6095 – 6137. This practise is not continued in Volume 16. Its page numbers stretch from 6938 – 7071. In terms of the actual length of the entire set of the Digest, and in continuing the “corrected” version of the page numbers from Volume 15, Volume 16 could alternately be paginated 6128 – 6261. The table below records the page numbers in their original, if incorrect, format. Volume 15 is thus labelled 5601 – 6937 and Volume 16 is labelled 6938 – 7071.

VOLUMECORRESPONDING TRANSCRIPTS PAGESDATE RANGEDIGEST PAGES
11 – 317429 April 1946 - 5 August 19461 – 400
23176 – 55345 August 1946 – 13 September 1946401 – 800
35536 – 825513 September 1946 - 21 October 1946801 – 1200
48260 – 1043721 October 1946 - 13 November 19461201 – 1600
510442 – 1269914 November 1946 - 12 December 19461601 – 2000
612700 – 1527612 December 1946 - 15 January 19472001 – 2400
715277 – 1894215 January 1947 - 21 March 19472401 – 2800
818943 – 2122421 March 1947 - 1 May 19472801 – 3200
921226 – 234231 May 1947 - 2 June 19473201 – 3600
1023428 – 262322 June 1947 - 19 August 19473601 – 4000
1126244 – 2821519 August 1947 - 10 September 19474001 – 4400
1228216 – 3046510 September 1947 - 10 October 19474401 – 4800
1330466 – 3244210 October 1947 - 5 November 19474801 – 5200
1432443 – 344285 November 1947 - 3 December 19475201 – 5600
1534429 – 371673 December 1947 – 12 January 19485601 – 6937
1637219 – 4677813 January 1948 - 10 February 19486938 – 7071

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