Robert H. Jackson: Opening Statement before the International Military Tribunal, Nuremberg, Germany Date: 1945
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Robert H. Jackson: Opening Statement before the International Military Tribunal, Nuremberg, Germany
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Abstract
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.
Contents
- Totalitarianism
- Communism in the Soviet Union
- Fascism in Western Europe
- Totalitarianism as Anti-modernity
- Vladimir Lenin: What Is to Be Done? Date: 1902
- Rudolf Steiner: Theosophy Date: 1904
- John Reed: “Soviets in Action” Date: 1918
- Clara Zetkin: “Organising Working Women” Date: 1922
- Adolf Hitler: Mein Kampf Date: 1926
- José Ortega y Gasset: The Revolt of the Masses Date: 1930
- Sigmund Freud: Civilization and Its Discontents Date: 1930
- Benito Mussolini: “The Doctrine of Fascism” Date: 1932
- Joseph Stalin: “Results of the First Five-year Plan” Date: 1933
- Rudolf Hess: Oath to Adolf Hitler Date: 1934
- Leon Trotsky: “I Stake My Life!” Date: 1937
- Munich Pact Date: 1938
- Reinhard Heydrich: Memorandum concerning Kristallnacht Date: 1938
- Treaty of Non-Aggression between Germany and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Date: 1939
- Neville Chamberlain: Speech on Germany’s Invasion of Poland Date: 1939
- Liu Shaoqi: How to Be a Good Communist Date: 1939
- Vyacheslav Molotov: Address on Germany’s Invasion of Russia Date: 1941
- Cardinal Clemens von Galen: “Against Nazi Euthanasia” Date: 1941
- John W. Pehle and John J. McCloy: Debate about the Bombing of Auschwitz Date: 1944
- Declaration Regarding the Defeat of Germany Date: 1945
- Robert H. Jackson: Opening Statement before the International Military Tribunal, Nuremberg, Germany Date: 1945
- Mao Zedong: “On the People’s Democratic Dictatorship” Date: 1949
- Mao Zedong: “On the Co-Operative Transformation of Agriculture” Date: 1955