PART 1:

HISTORY OF NUREMBERG TRIALS

A Legal History of the Nuremberg Tribunals:

• BG Joseph B. Berger: Welcome to Event and Introduction of Morning Participants
• Mr. Fred Borch: Legal History of Nuremberg Tribunals
• Dr. William Meinecke, USHMM: German Justice on Trial –the Justice Case 

PART 2:

NUREMBERG'S IMPACT ON LOAC

Impact of the Nuremberg Tribunals on the Law of Armed Conflict

• Professor Geoff Corn: Individual Criminal Responsibility for War Crimes 
• Professor Gary Solis: “Smoothing Out” The IMT Judgment: The Legal Legacy of the Twelve Subsequent Military Tribunals

PART 3:

LEGACY FOR GREAT POWER COMPETITION

Nuremberg Tribunals Legacy for Great Power Competition

• Andrea Harrison, Chair, ASIL Lieber Society: ICRC Investigations Guidelines and Practical Mechanisms for Accountability: Today and Beyond
• Tom Nachbar, UVA Law: International Accountability Mechanism Effectiveness
• LTG Charles N. Pede: Closing Remarks on Significance of Nuremberg IMT on Practice of Military Law
• TBC: Closing Remarks and Symposium Conclusion

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:

• Military Law Review 50th Anniversary
• Judge Advocates and German Attorneys in Nuremberg by Lieutenant Colonel Ryan Kerwin and Mechthild C. Benkert
• 7ATC legal, German lawyers, partners for justice by Staff Sergeant Kathleen V. Polanco
• Regimental Historian’s Recommended International Military Tribunal Nuremberg Reading List:
  • Kevin Jon Heller. The Nuremberg Military Tribunals and the Origins of International Criminal Law.  New York:  Oxford University Press, 2011. The first and only comprehensive legal analysis of the 12 subsequent Nuremberg war crimes trials held in the American occupation zone from 1946 to 1949.
  • Francine Hirsch. Soviet Judgment at Nuremberg. New York:  Oxford University Press, 2020. A groundbreaking study of the Soviet Union’s role at the International Military Tribunal.
  • Telford Taylor, The Anatomy of the Nuremberg Trials.  New York:  Little, Brown and Co., 1992. Brigadier General Telford’s memoir is considered to be a masterly work of military and judicial history.
• Podcast - Battlefield Next Episode 13: A preview of Mr. Fred Borch’s remarks at the Nuremberg Trial symposium on 19 November 2020
• Blog - Battlefield Next Episode 13: A preview of Mr. Fred Borch’s remarks at the Nuremberg Trial symposium on 19 November 2020