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The Nuremberg Legacy

Philippe Sands explores the legacy of the Nuremberg Trials, 75 years after the judgement.

It's 75 years since the judgement at the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg. Nineteen high ranking Nazis were found guilty of war crimes, crimes against peace, crimes against humanity and conspiracy to commit those crimes. Twelve of them were condemned to death. The trial, which lasted almost a year, made history and the principles of international criminal law first established there are still fundamental to international justice today. The writer and lawyer, Philippe Sands examines the legacy of Nuremberg in subsequent war crimes trials and the founding of the International Criminal Court in the Hague 50 years later. He speaks to people who were there in Courtroom 600 in Nuremberg, as well as leading judges and lawyers in today's international justice system.

Producer Caroline Bayley
Editor Jasper Corbett

Image: View of the judges bench in Nuremberg International Military Tribunal (IMT) court in September 1946.
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