Kramer's defence council, Major T.C.M. Winwood, of reading, who was a London sclicitor before joining the army, speaks to the beast of Belsen, during the first days trial at Luneberg.The first of the war criminal trials to be held in Germany, began on September 17 at Luneburg, when Josef Kramer, "The Beast of Belsen" took his stand in the specially prepared courtroom at Lunenburg, together with 29 men and 19 women who will also be charged with the ill-treatment of allied war prisoners. October 15, 1945. (Photo by Associated Press Photo)