Overview
- On ZDF’s Markus Lanz, an excerpt of Hermann Göring’s courtroom defense drew immediate pushback from legal scholar Kai Ambos, who said it portrayed Göring too favorably.
- Historian Henrike Claussen noted Göring’s self‑staging in Nuremberg and said later questioning undermined the confident image suggested by the short clip.
- Niklas Frank, son of executed Nazi official Hans Frank, recounted his memories of the tribunal and said he supported his father’s execution despite opposing the death penalty.
- Ambos and Claussen highlighted limits of the trials, including a focus on crimes from 1939 onward, the omission of crimes by victors such as Katyn, and a witness balance that left many victims unheard.
- Journalist Ronen Steinke warned that Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s reported pledge not to act on a Hague arrest warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu threatens the Nuremberg legacy, a concern echoed by Richard David Precht, who criticized political interference and double standards.