In this gripping documentary, Christian Delage reconstructs the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg, set up immediately after the end of the Second World War in Germany. With rare footage and material shot by John Ford, Delage brings to light twenty-one of the highest Nazi dignitaries — among them are Göring, Hess, Ribbentrop, and Keitel, all who pleaded innocent. Using films shot during the liberation of the camps — a procedure that had never taken place before in a courtroom — the film confronts testimony from executioners and victims. The Nuremberg trials, as the first international tribunals in history to try criminal offenses, set precedents and established the charge of crimes against humanity.

Special Guest Panel:

• Tim Corrigan, Professor of English and Cinema Studies at the University of Pennsylvania;
• Harry Reicher, Professor, University of Pennsylvania Law School and Scholar-in-Residence, Touro Law Center; and
• Dr. Jonathan Steinberg, Walter H. Annenberg Professor of Modern European History at the University of Pennsylvania
• Moderator: Judge Phyllis W. Beck.

Director: Christopher Delage
Date 2006 Country France R/T 90 minutes
In French with English subtitles
7:00 pm, International House, 3701 Chestnut Street
$8 in advance, $10 at the door

Sponsored by The Philadelphia Jewish Film festival. https://www.gershmany.org/pjff.php