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Could you help me identify this photograph?

enter image description here

All I know is that it was taken shortly after World War 2.

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  • Welcome to the site. That's a kind of fun question/puzzle that is also nice to have here.
    – Drux
    Commented Apr 4, 2013 at 20:13
  • Could it be the NAZI Nurenburg trials? The military police men? Commented Oct 19, 2013 at 4:29

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I'd say it's the International Military Tribunal for the Far East (IMTFE or Tokyo Trials) from 1946. Compare e.g. the wall pattern elements between your picture and this one (source: Wikipedia):

enter image description here

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    It's quite clearly the left-hand wall in this photo. +1 Commented Apr 4, 2013 at 20:15
  • Yup. The bench rows are even identical.
    – T.E.D.
    Commented Apr 4, 2013 at 20:37
  • +1. The wall patterns are actually a mirror image, but that's just because this image has been flipped (check out the MP arm bands).
    – Ergwun
    Commented Apr 5, 2013 at 5:12
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It is the International Military Tribunal for the Far East.

Check the wall pattern and light: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:IMTFE_court_chamber.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Military_Tribunal_for_the_Far_East

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