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Firm Sponsors "The Legacies of Nuremberg"
Much Shelist has signed on as a Bronze sponsor of "The Legacies of Nuremberg," a two-day program presented by the Chicago Bar Association, in conjunction with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and the Chicago Public Library. Held on March 29 and 30 at various locations in downtown Chicago, this series of dynamic lectures and exhibits explores the Holocaust, the Nuremberg Trials and their lasting influence on the American justice system.
Just 60 years ago, U.S. Chief Prosecutor Robert Jackson began the first Nuremberg war crimes trial with these powerful words: “The privilege of opening the first trial in history for crimes against the peace of the world imposes a great responsibility. The four great nations flushed with victory and stung with injury, stay the hand of vengeance and voluntarily submit their captive enemies to the judgment of the law.”
Jackson went on to say, “The crimes which we seek to condemn and punish have been so calculated, so malignant, so devastating, that civilization cannot tolerate their being ignored, because it cannot survive their being repeated.”
Between November 1945 and October 1946, the International Military Tribunal (IMT) at Nuremberg tried 22 "major" war criminals on charges of conspiracy, crimes against peace, war crimes and crimes against humanity. Twelve of those convicted were sentenced to death; three defendants were sentenced to life imprisonment; four to prison terms ranging from 10 to 20 years, and three of the defendants were acquitted. Subsequently, American military tribunals conducted 12 further trials of high-ranking German officials at Nuremberg.
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