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The main juridical and fundamental problem [70 Years after Nuremberg]
Nuremberg Palace “The Fourth of July in Germany passes quite unnoticed. The soldiers made it a holiday — there was a ballgame this afternoon, airplanes flew overhead this morning and tonight Judge...
View ArticlePlausible deniability? [70 Years After Nuremberg]
Nuremberg Palace On the 15th of July, the defense for Funk continued his summation for the Court, having begun the previous week. Dr. Sauter, the defense counsel, stressed the point that even as...
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Mask of the doomed [70 Years After Nuremberg]
Nuremberg Palace Tom Dodd began what would be a very long letter to his wife on 16 July 1946. Acknowledging that it had been several days since his last letter, Tom continues, “we have been working on...
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Final Summation 26 July 1946 [70 Years After Nuremberg]
Nuremberg Palace 70 Years ago today, Justice Robert Jackson delivered his final presentation of the trial before returning to the United States. According to Tom Dodd, “He has a great style, notable...
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Two hundredth day [70 Years After Nuremberg]
Nuremberg Palace 10 August 1946 marked the two hundredth day of the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg. Over the course of the past months, millions of pages of documentation had been...
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A second summer away [70 Years After Nuremberg]
Nuremberg Palace On 17 August, Tom wrote to his dearest Grace, “The past week has dragged. I had hoped to close the testimony by today but now it looks like another ten days or two weeks. But I...
View ArticleDodd’s final argument for the U.S. [70 Years After Nuremberg]
Nuremberg Palace On August 29th, twelve days after his predicted date, Thomas Dodd gave his final argument for the U.S. on the organizations. “Since the 20th day of November 1945, this International...
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A ramble through Europe [70 Years After Nuremberg]
Nuremberg Palace On September 1, 1946, Tom Dodd wrote his wife to reassure her that he was not neglecting her but that the “last few weeks have been very difficult” for him with Justice Jackson gone....
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The end draws near [70 Years After Nuremberg]
Nuremberg Palace Tom Dodd’s travels continued throughout September 1946. After leaving Switzerland, he arrived in Cannes, France by September 19th. Writing home, he notes that “Cannes is a very, very...
View ArticleThe Verdicts [70 Years After Nuremberg]
Nuremberg Palace Before a packed courtroom and the with the world watching, the President of the Tribunal began the reading of the Judgment of the Court on the morning of Monday, 30 September 1946. On...
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