I am researching the nature of the relationship (i.e., a love affair)
between Justice Robert H. Jackson and Elsie Douglas. Justice Jackson
of America was the chief prosecutor at the Nuremberg trial (1945-1946)
He was actually a Supreme Court Justice on leave, at the request of
President Harry Truman, to be involved in this historic trial.
Elsie Douglas was his secretary. I have already researched many of
the usual resources, which mention the alleged affair cursorily if at
all, and have also spoken with several members of Jackson's staff of
that time, some of whom seem hesitant to divulge details.
A probable good source would be letters, papers, etc., of Judge
Francis Biddle who was the American judge at the trial. It seems
there was some tension between Jackson and Biddle because of the affair.
Perhaps the National Archives could be useful since the Nuremberg
trials were exhaustively documented.
There was a made-for-television movie about Jackson at Nuremberg a
couple of years ago, starring Alec Baldwin, which included the affair.
There are numerous web sites about the movie and I wonder what sources
the screen writers used (or whether it may have been a fabrication).
Bottom Line: My need is to verify the existence of the affair and,
of course, any details. |
