Heed the lesson of Nuremberg
Forward Magazine
by Benjamin Ferencz
11/18/05
'We must never forget that the record on which we judge these defendants today is the record on which history will judge us tomorrow,' Chief Justice Robert Jackson warned at the opening session of the Nuremberg war crimes tribunal, on November 20, 1945. 'To pass these defendants a poisoned chalice is to put it to our own lips as well.' As we mark the 60th anniversary of the Nuremburg trials this week, it increasingly appears that Jackson's warning is falling on deaf ears in America...
http://www.forward.com/articles/6903
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
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Nuremberg: BBC and Supreme International Crime
http://disc.server.com/discussion.cgi?id=149495;article=96197;show_parent=1
by Benjamin Ferencz
11/18/05
'We must never forget that the record on which we judge these defendants today is the record on which history will judge us tomorrow,' Chief Justice Robert Jackson warned at the opening session of the Nuremberg war crimes tribunal, on November 20, 1945. 'To pass these defendants a poisoned chalice is to put it to our own lips as well.' As we mark the 60th anniversary of the Nuremburg trials this week, it increasingly appears that Jackson's warning is falling on deaf ears in America...
http://www.forward.com/articles/6903
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
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Nuremberg: BBC and Supreme International Crime
http://disc.server.com/discussion.cgi?id=149495;article=96197;show_parent=1
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