Michelle BowenNov 21, 2022
Auschwitz Memorial

20 November 1945 | The 1st Nuremberg Trial started. 24 political & military leaders of the German Third Reich were tried. Twelve were sentenced to death.

The purpose of the trial was not just to convict the defendants but also to assemble evidence of Nazi crimes, offer a history lesson to the defeated Germans, and delegitimize the traditional German elite.

Learn more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuremberg_trials

List od defendants: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_defendants_at_the_International_Military_Tribunal

#history #justice #WorldWar2 #histodons #Nazis #Germany

Nuremberg trials - Wikipedia

Nov 20, 2022 at 5:57pmWeb
Show threadEkinnajay 🇧🇻🇺🇸Nov 20, 2022
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Thank you for being here and continuing to share on this platform. We must never forget!
Show threadRichard 🏳️‍🌈Nov 20, 2022

@auschwitzmuseum I’ve made the decision to leave Twitter. I’m glad to see the Auschwitz Museum is here.

The work you do is too important to be lost in the chaos.

Show threadBarbaraNov 20, 2022
@auschwitzmuseum thanks for reminder 🙏🏾
Show threadJochen SchraderNov 20, 2022

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I sadly took quite a while until this trial had the desired impact in Germany. Most of the folks who were not hanged were pardoned in the early 1950s under massive pressure from the conservative West German establishment. It took until at least the 1970s and 1980s since the verdicts were generally accepted by the German public.

Show threadThe Retired DudeNov 20, 2022
@auschwitzmuseum I am reading a book called The Escape Artist by Jonathan Freeland, I am still learning new horrors of what the Nazis did to the Jewish people.
#theescapeartist #johnathanfreeland #WW2 #WWII
Show threadpersistercroneNov 20, 2022
@auschwitzmuseum I heard #BenFerencz speak when he was 99. The horror of the war was still with him.
Show threadMaria AlvesNov 20, 2022

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#neverforget

Show threadAprilShowers99452871Nov 20, 2022
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This is what the trials of Donald Trump impeached former Pres. should accomplish. His sentences should represent a warning to others. Democracy is in the balance and may not survive.
Show threadNeAlTenNov 20, 2022
@auschwitzmuseum I do remember being shocked when a teacher told me "remember, the Holocaust happened in color" - it had never occurred to me that my internal vision of it was black and white
Show threadKjellbastian 💎Nov 21, 2022
@auschwitzmuseum maybe also highlight democracy’s triumph over fascism and arbitrary Justice