While visiting family near Nuremberg, I visited the place where the Nuremberg Trials were held. Everyone who has an interest in history knows of the Nuremberg Trials, where Nazi Germany’s war criminals were prosecuted. The Memorium Nuremberg Trials is both a museum and showcases the room in where the Trials were held. It is a fascinating place and anyone interested in history or law is recommended to visit.
The entrance to the Memorium Nuremberg Trials.
Entrance close up
The actual court room is on the second floor whereas the exhibition is located on the third floor.
The court room of the Nuremberg Trials.
Court room from another angle. The area where spectators and the press used to sit and watch the trials was re-functioned into the area that now houses the exhibition.
I have to say, the exhibition was very interesting. One caveat is that the area is rather small and that it is easily filled up with people, so it might feel a bit crowded. But content-wise it was very interesting and informs about every aspect of the trials, from the background and fates of the criminals, the prosecutors, the challenges of interpreters for language support, the different interests of the parties involved. The story of these trials and how they came to be is fascinating.
Subject to the trials were not only highly decorated Nazi officials but relevant parties involved in the war machine of Nazi Germany, such as multiple corporations. Fates of their leaders were also displayed.
Next to the room where the documentation about complicit corporations were was a rook that played a video. I would definitely recommend watching this, as it is explained by those who participated in how difficult it was to organize such an international trial, the first of its kind, and how it became the start of forming an international court of justice to prosecute war crimes. Fascinating.
Comments