German And Russian Foreign Ministers Attend Nuremberg Trials
- 14 years ago
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On November 20, 1945 the trial of 21 leading representatives of the Nazi regime began in the Nuremberg Palace of Justice.
Sixty-five years later, German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov attended the memorial for the anniversary of the trials.
The Nuremberg Trials marked the first time an International Military Tribunal had sought to bring to justice the leaders of a regime. It inspired later international trials and served as a model for other tribunals.
[Guido Westerwelle, German Foreign Minister]:
"Because in Nuremberg they took a risk, political, judicial and human, the international law was able to develop and it was possible to find rules for coming cases. The Nuremberg trials did not have a model for orientation, they became guides for the development of international law, which is still not completed."
Lavrov called the trials the most important in our history.
[Sergey Lavrov, Russian Foreign Minister]:
"They functioned as (an) example for many other trials worldwide and for the tribunal in The Hague."
Benjamin Ferencz witnessed the original trials in 1945.
[Benjamin Ferencz, Witness at Nuremburg Trials]:
"When I left Germany for the first time after World War II and left Nuremberg, my biggest regret was that I never heard from any German saying 'I am sorry.' The absence of remorse even on the parts of the defendants, who were mass murderers was very disapointing to me and I would never have believed that I would come back 60 years later and hear completely different voice and a different plan in the same country."
Increased public interest in the Nurembug Trials has led to a new exhibition, which opened on Saturday.
On November 20, 1945 the trial of 21 leading representatives of the Nazi regime began in the Nuremberg Palace of Justice.
Sixty-five years later, German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov attended the memorial for the anniversary of the trials.
The Nuremberg Trials marked the first time an International Military Tribunal had sought to bring to justice the leaders of a regime. It inspired later international trials and served as a model for other tribunals.
[Guido Westerwelle, German Foreign Minister]:
"Because in Nuremberg they took a risk, political, judicial and human, the international law was able to develop and it was possible to find rules for coming cases. The Nuremberg trials did not have a model for orientation, they became guides for the development of international law, which is still not completed."
Lavrov called the trials the most important in our history.
[Sergey Lavrov, Russian Foreign Minister]:
"They functioned as (an) example for many other trials worldwide and for the tribunal in The Hague."
Benjamin Ferencz witnessed the original trials in 1945.
[Benjamin Ferencz, Witness at Nuremburg Trials]:
"When I left Germany for the first time after World War II and left Nuremberg, my biggest regret was that I never heard from any German saying 'I am sorry.' The absence of remorse even on the parts of the defendants, who were mass murderers was very disapointing to me and I would never have believed that I would come back 60 years later and hear completely different voice and a different plan in the same country."
Increased public interest in the Nurembug Trials has led to a new exhibition, which opened on Saturday.