HIST 3001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Nuremberg Laws, Nuremberg Trials, Miscegenation
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Five myths: nuremberg was obviously necessary, by no means obvious that there would be a trial, opposition from defendants and the germans in general, churchill, chief justice of scotus, hall (sec of state), sec of treasury. Preference would be to read out a list of what they had done and execute them, or just let them off without a trial at all. Pretense of putting on a trial didn"t sit well with everyone. The others were done by the victors (gb, france, soviet union, usa) !1: berlin was in bad shape and also was divided into 4 sectors & surrounded. Miscegenation: sexual mixing of races: only exception were couples that were already married. Citizenship: subject of the german reich, no longer a citizen. 1/15/14: you could argue that the most signi cant contribution was the crimes against humanity charge, but this is not what nuremberg was primarily about, individuals and organizations on trial (became criminal organizations)
