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Nuremberg Prison Guard Will Speak at Eisenhower Presidential Library

 

ike image twoWorld War II veteran Jim Sharp, Sgt. of the Guard at the Nuremberg trials, will speak at the Eisenhower Presidential Library, Museum and Boyhood Home. The program is set for September 29 at 7 p.m. in the Visitors Center Auditorium.

Sharp was a Sgt. of the Guard at the palace of Justice in Nuremberg, Germany, as top Nazi leaders were captured and put on trial at the Four Power International Military Tribunal. Following the unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany, he helped arrest civilian and military members of Nazi leadership. He was responsible for security in the courtroom, the prison cell, the exercise area and internal and external security. Sharp served as a Sgt. of the Guard during seven months of the trial. He secured autographs of nine of the Nazi leaders on trial.

A prison door from Nuremberg, on loan from the 1st Infantry Division Museum at Ft. Riley, will be on display during the program.

Born and raised on a farm in Morris County, Sharp graduated from Kansas State University with a B.S. in Business Administration. He retired from Kansas Farm Bureau as Manager of Information Systems and started his own management consulting business specializing in management information systems.

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