‫מכון שטרוכליץ לחקר השואה‬
BEIT LOHAMEI HAGHETAOT
Ghetto Fighters‫ ׳‬House Museum
The 70th Anniversary of the Nuremberg Trials
Juridical, Political and Cultural Consequences
The Ghetto Fighters’ House and the University of Haifa
From November 20, 1945 to October 1, 1946, the trials of 22 Nazi leaders, charged with crimes against humanity and
against peace, were held in the city of Nuremberg. For the first time in history, an independent international tribunal
convened in order to try the leaders and army generals of a regime as responsible for crimes committed in their
country. The trial had a profound effect on international law and the prosecution of war criminals for years to come.
Monday, May 23 – The Ghetto Fighters’ House auditorium
9:30
10:00
10:20
11:15
11:30
12:45
13:30
15:00
15:30–17:00
Reception
Greetings and introduction: the University of Haifa, the Ghetto Fighters’ House, the Ebert Stiftung
Chair: Prof. Hanna Yablonka, Ben Gurion University
Keynote lecture: The Nuremberg Trials as a Watershed - Supreme Court Justice Prof. Daphne Barak-Erez
Short video clip: Benjamin Ferencz, Nuremberg trials prosecutor, from the film “Watchers of the Sky” (2014)
First Session: The Road to International Justice - Chair: Dr. Boaz Cohen, Western Galilee Academic College
Prof. Arieh Kochavi, University of Haifa – The Road to the Nuremberg Trials
Dr. Renana Keydar, Hebrew University of Jerusalem – The Nuremberg Trials: Between Vengeance and Enlightenment
Dr. Daniel Uziel, Yad Vashem – The Battle of the Images: The Wehrmacht at Nuremberg
Lunch Break
Second Session: The Global Impact of the Trials - Chair: Prof. Arieh Kochavi, University of Haifa
Prof. Rotem Kowner, University of Haifa – Law and Justice on Both Sides of the Eurasian Continent (Nuremberg and Tokyo)
Prof. Moshe Zuckermann, Tel Aviv University – The Juridification of the Incomprehensible: The Germans and the Nuremberg Trials
Dr. Kiril Feferman, Ariel University – The Soviet Turn to Legalism in its Treatment of Nazi Crimes
Coffee Break
Third Session: The Path of a Film - Chair and respondent: Mrs. Naomi Schori, Tel Aviv University
A screening of Nuremberg: Its Lesson for Today (1948), a documentary film directed by Stuart Schulberg during the trials and
restored several years ago
Mrs. Sandra Schulberg, film producer and editor, the filmmaker’s daughter, will discuss the making of the film and its reception
The University of Haifa, the Ofer observatory, Eshkol tower, 30th floor
9:30
10:00
11:30
12:00 13:30
14:30
16:00
Reception
First Session: The Yishuv, the Survivors and the Trials - Chair: Dr. Anat Livne, Ghetto Fighters’ House
Dr. Rivka Brot, University of Haifa – “Crimes against the Jewish People”: Trials of Jewish Kapos in the DP Camps in Germany
Dr. Boaz Cohen, Western Galilee Academic College – Israel Kastner on a Mission from Israel at the Nuremberg Trials
Mr. Lior Inbar, Ghetto Fighters’ House – Seen and Unseen: The Representation of the Nuremberg Trials in the Jewish Community
in Mandate Palestine
Coffee Break
Second Session: The Cultural and Juridical Marks of the Trials - Chair: Prof. Hagit Lavsky, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Prof. Dana Arieli, Holon Institute of Technology – The Culprits not Convicted: How Culture Escaped from Courtroom 600
Atty. Michael Shaked, Shaked Law Office – Crimes against Humanity, Law in the Wake of Nuremberg
Mr. Michael Akotonas, Kaye College and Beit Yatziv – Nuremberg in Cinema
Lunch Break
Closing Lecture: 70 Years After: The Nuremberg Legacy, Prof. Deborah Lipstadt, Emory University, USA
Chair and respondent: Prof. Dan Michman, Bar-Ilan University and Yad Vashem
End
*The conference will be simultaneously
interpreted into English/Hebrew
‫שגיא‬-‫ נילי אמיר‬:‫עיצוב‬
The first day will be held at the Ghetto Fighters’ House. Ample parking in front of the Yad LaYeled wing.
The second day will be held at the University of Haifa. Due to a scarcity of parking near the campus, attendants are
advised to use public transportation.
Admission is free, but registration in advance is required: 04-9958020, [email protected]