The book, which was originally published in Poland in 1972 under the title "Niewinni w Norymberdze," has only been available in German since 2022. But the non-fiction novel, now over 50 years old, is as relevant today as it was then. It deals with questions of justice and dignity for the millions who were murdered and the survivors, with the hope for a better world without destruction and war, but also with doubts about the impact of a trial on post-war society and future generations.

Seweryna Szmaglewskas autobiographical fiction takes us back to 1946, to Nuremberg, where the International Military Tribunal tried 21 leading Nazis from November 1945 to October 1946. Among the approximately 30 witnesses for the prosecution was the then 30-year-old Polish writer Seweryna Szmaglewska. Alongside the Frenchwoman Marie-Claude Vaillant-Couturier, she was the second woman whose testimony the court was interested in.

On February 27, 1946, about a year after her self-liberation, she was able to give her testimony and thus once again became a witness to a historically significant event. But it was not until many years later that the writer, who had become very well known in Poland, wrote about her experiences in Nuremberg, about the defendants who pretended to be innocent, about her fear of the perpetrators and her doubts about the significance of her testimony and the trial – enough material for a play. "Die Unschuldigen in Nürnberg" (The Innocents in Nuremberg) is accompanied by extensive supplementary material with information about the author, who is almost unknown in Germany, and the main war crimes trial itself.

There is extensive accompanying material on "Die Unschuldigen in Nürnberg" (The Innocents in Nuremberg) with information on the author, who is virtually unknown in Germany, and the main war crimes trial itself.