Overview
- On Nov. 20, 1945, the International Military Tribunal opened in Nuremberg to prosecute top Nazi leaders for crimes against humanity, war crimes and crimes against peace.
- Rob Rinder writes that Nuremberg’s greatest bequest was an evidentiary record that proved atrocity in law, even as the tribunal reflected victor’s justice and predated the codification of genocide.
- Historical accounts detail Robert H. Jackson’s opening, a 315‑day proceeding before judges from the U.S., U.K., France and the Soviet Union, extensive documentary evidence and verdicts that included death sentences and long prison terms.
- James Vanderbilt’s newly released film, Nuremberg, adapts Jack El‑Hai’s book to follow U.S. Army psychiatrist Douglas Kelley as he evaluates Hermann Göring, starring Rami Malek, Russell Crowe and Michael Shannon.
- The Jewish Journal notes the film uses archival concentration‑camp footage in courtroom scenes and frames questions about complicity, responsibility and moral courage.