Nuremberg – Law on Trial
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From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
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At the end of World War Two, Germany is defeated, a continent lies in ruins. As nations assess the scale of destruction in their individual countries, the outline of an enormous crime begins to emerge: Whole countries have been pillaged, millions have been deported, robbed, tortured, murdered, exterminated.
What name can you give such a crime? The four allies who gathered to pass judgment called the crime – The waging of aggressive war.
By putting war on trial these men and women were also putting the law itself on trial.
There is also a 50 minute version available on: www2.rnw.nl/rnw/en/specialseries/International_criminal_justice/nuremberg
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At the end of World War Two, Germany is defeated, a continent lies in ruins. As nations assess the scale of destruction in their individual countries, the outline of an enormous crime begins to emerge: Whole countries have been pillaged, millions have been deported, robbed, tortured, murdered, exterminated. What name can you give such a crime? The four allies who gathered to pass judgment called the crime – The waging of aggressive war. By putting war on trial these men and women were also putting the law itself on trial. There is also a 50 minute version available on: www2.rnw.nl/rnw/en/specialseries/International_criminal_justice/nuremberg
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Posted on June 04, 2006 at 08:18 AM | Permalink
Review of Nuremberg Law on Trial
Excellent documentary