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01 March 2024
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The International Military Tribunal for the Far East (IMTFE), most commonly known as the Tokyo War Crimes Trial (29 April 1946 to 12 November 1948), was one of the most important trials of the twentieth century. The IMTFE was charged with bringing the highest levels of Japanese war criminals to trial. The Tribunal consisted of eleven members from eleven nations: Australia, Canada, China, France, Great Britain, India, New Zealand, the Philippines, the Netherlands, the Soviet Union, and the United States of America. Justice Erima Harvey Northcroft was chosen to represent New Zealand on the Bench of the IMTFE. After the trial In January 1949, Justice Northcroft kindly donated his nearly complete set of trial documents to the ΢ҕl (then ΢ҕl College). At the time of his bequest, Justice Northcroft was well aware of the importance of this resource. Since that time, as original copies of the material have dwindled, disintegrated, and been lost, the value of Northcroft’s gift has risen exponentially. This collection is now one of the most complete sets of IMTFE documents in the world. It contains almost 380 volumes and nearly 110,000 pages. Evidence can be found therein for examinations of virtually any topic regarding Asia in the first half of the twentieth century, particularly as it applies to the growth of Japanese imperialism.

The E. H. Northcroft Collection [MB 1549] is part of the documentary archives collection held by the ΢ҕl’s Macmillan Brown Library. Please use the following inventory to fully realise the worth of Northcroft’s endowment. For further information about access to the collection please contact the Macmillan Brown Library.

  • Volume I: includes: "The Bridge-Head"; "Tanaka Cabinet"; "Hamaguchi Cabinet"; "Wakatsuki Cabinet"; "Inukai Cabinet"' "Saito Cabinet";
  • Volume II: includes: "Okada Cabinet"; "Hirota Cabinet"; "Hayashi Cabinet"; Volume III: includes: "First Konoye Cabinet";
  • Volume IV: Includes: "Hiranuma Cabinet"; "Abe Cabinet"; "Yonai Cabinet"; Volume V: includes: "Second Konoye Cabinet";
  • Volume VI: includes: "Third Konoye Cabinet";
  • Volume VII: includes: "Tojo Cabinet"; and the Appendix: includes: "Maps and Charts".

Indexes

TITLEAUTHORCORRESPONDING TRIAL PAGES OR DATESSIZE
Docket and Chronology of Proceedings and PleadingsClerk(s) of the Court 25 April 1946 – 30 April 1948 185 pages
General Index of the Record of the Prosecution Case
(IPS Document No 0005
ProsecutionTranscripts
1 – 16997
 101 pages
Index of WitnessesProsecution17 June 1946 – 30 January 1948 152 pages
Index to Final AddressesProsecution
 22 pages
Index of Exhibits Volume IProsecutionExhibits Numbers 1 – 2282 322 pages
Index of Exhibits Volume IIDefence Exhibits Numbers 2283 – 3915 269 pages

Finding guides

TITLEAUTHORCORRESPONDING TRIAL PAGES OR DATESSIZE
Summary of Proceedings: Prosecution's CaseW. E. CuppaidgeTranscripts1 -162591 – 401




Summary of Proceedings: Defence Case-General(Excluding Individual Defendants)W. E. CuppaidgeTranscripts17004 - 280851 – 253
Brief of Facts - Presented by the ProsecutionLt. Col. Howard H. Hastings JAGD, US
866 pages
Volume I

1 – 145
Volume II

146 – 254
Volume III

255 – 399
Volume IV

400 - 509
Volume V

510 – 670
Volume VI

671 – 733
Volume VII

734 – 854
Appendix

9 pages

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