A Jewish Soldier Witnesses Nuremberg

The International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg was established by the United States and the other allies after World War II as the cornerstone of a new international law that recognized "crimes against humanity." The evidence presented there represented the first account of the Nazis' atrocities and mass murders of the concentration camps. Commentator Clancy Sigal was a sergeant in the American army of occupation in Germany and gives this account (10/2/2006 -3:25) of what he saw.

Here you can hear legendary reporter Walter Cronkite's account (2/20/2006-12:55) of the trials.

Musings

• Sigal makes a direct comparison between the Nuremberg trials and the current controversy over how to prosecute detainees. Sigal seems to think that the similarities are more compelling than the differences. Do you agree? Just what are these similarities and differences?
  
• Why does Sigal focus on Herman Goering?