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Sixty years after Nuremberg

By Shirli Sitbon in Paris

As Europe marks the 60th anniversary of the Nuremberg trials, French historians and jurists are analysing the tribunal’s legacy and effect on international courts of justice.

WWII experts and lawyers have launched a series of discussions on the Nuremberg trials at the Paris Holocaust Memorial as part of the 60th anniversary commemorations.

During the ground-breaking hearings, which began on 20 November 1945, 22 of the main political, military and financial officials of the Nazi regime were prosecuted for their role during the war.

The court, led by officials from the United States, USSR, France and the UK, was the first of several international tribunals.

Nuremberg is today considered as a turning point in the history of law, heralding a new era in international jurisdiction.

Films on show

The Shoah Memorial reunited renowned historians and legislators for a series of discussions on Nuremberg and its effects.

It shows, for the first time in Europe, the filmed documents of the trial, which are on loan from the Washington Holocaust Museum.

These documents are particularly interesting since the Nuremberg trial was the first to record the proceedings on film and in photographs.

“From Nuremberg to the Hague”, “The future of universal justice” and “The legacy of Nuremberg in the United States” are some of the topics discussed until 4 December by historians such as Yves Ternon, Peter Maguire, Michael Marrus, Andre Kaspi, Mark Osiel and Barbara Cassin.

New charges

The memorial includes an exhibition about the trial in which documents published in the media at the time are shown. It also explains the procedure of the trial and its organisation.

The memorial also explains the new charges that were introduced after Nuremberg, including crimes against humanity, war crimes and crimes against peace, all of which revolutionised international justice.

Sixty years after it sentenced 12 men to the death penalty and seven men to prison, Nuremberg can be analysed dispassionately by historians, and its global consequences are immense.