The Nazis’ crimes laid bare

Welcome to the History Extra podcast, fascinating historical conversations from the makers of BBC History magazine. Hello and welcome to this four-part History Extra podcast series all about the Nuremberg Trials, 1945. 1946. My name is Dave Musgrove and I am joined by Philippe Sands, writer and specialist in international law, whose books include East West Street and The Rat Lion, and we are on episode two, and in this second episode, we're going to get into the trial itself and explore how shocking witness testimony changed public understanding of the Second World War. So, Philippe, what happened?

on the first day of the trial. Well, it was an extraordinary thing. And in fact, if our listeners want to go at see for themselves, they can just go on YouTube and they can get a lot of the video. We could listen right now to one of the most significant and iconic opening moments when Robert Jackson speaks. Why don't we do that?

Let's do it. The Chief Prosecutor for the United States of America. The privilege of opening the first trial in history for crimes against the peace of the world imposes a grave responsibility. The wrongs which we seek to condemn and punish have been so calculated, so malignant and so devastating that civilization cannot tolerate their being ignored because it cannot survive their being repeated. that four great nations, flushed with victory and stung with injury, stay the hand of vengeance and voluntarily submit their captive enemies to the judgment of the law is one of the most significant tributes that power has ever paid to reason.

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