The Nuremberg Legacy: How the Nazi War Crimes Trials Changed the Course of History

Palgrave Macmillan 2007

Excerpt: “I could smell the stench of death as I walked through the streets of Nuremberg on my way to the Palace of Justice. Beneath the rubble of the shattered city lay the bodies of 20,000 air raid victims. In that macabre setting the first international trial in history for crimes against humanity and crimes of waging aggressive war was under way. …As I sat in the press gallery I knew I was witness to a historic moment but I had no idea how much it would mean in the next century.”

Review: “This readable eyewitness account—combining fascinating anecdotes with brilliant insights—will educate and inspire. It is as relevant today, as we confront a new form of totalitarian terrorism and can only hope that we are able to bring its perpetrators to justice under the Nuremberg principle.” —Alan M. Dershowitz, Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law, Harvard Law School