Oak Park's Howard Triest, who died in 2016, was key figure in Nuremberg trials

Howard Triest is played by British actor Leo Woodall in new film "Nuremberg," which is being talked about as a contender for multiple Oscars.

Triest is also the subject of 2006 documentary "Journey to Justice," which was made by his sons and Detroit area documentary filmmaker Steve Palackdharry.

Triest returned to Detroit after his military duties ended and married the love of his life, Anita. They raised two sons in Oak Park and had four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

When viewers meet Howie Triest in 2025’s “Nuremberg,” he is wearing a Detroit Tigers baseball cap.

Triest (who’s played by British actor Leo Woodall) is a young U.S. sergeant working as a translator during the Nuremberg trials held just after World War II to prosecute the Nazi high command for crimes against