How Nuremberg’s universalism undermined its noble aims

A clear line connects the tribunal on Nazi atrocities to current antisemitism.

Nov 20, 2020

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Defendants in the main Nuremberg trial. Front to back and left to right: Göring , Hess , Ribbentrop , Keitel , Dönitz , Raeder , Schirach and Sauckel .

This weekend marks 75 years since the start of the Nuremberg tribunals, which tried leaders of Nazi Germany for their part in the Holocaust and other war crimes.

A clear line links these tribunals to the c…

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