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Persecution of jews between 1930 and 1945. That is followed by a documentary in the nuremburg trials that was first screened in germany 1948, but not released in the u. S. Until several decades later. Each week, American History tv american artifacts welcome to the u. S. Holocaust memorial museum. I am daniel greene, curator of americans and the holocaust. We decided on our 25th anniversary to look very closely in americans role in this history. That goes back to our founding charter, which mandated that the museum look very closely at americans role in this history. In fact, on the day we opened, the chairman of the board at the time said, this museum is not an answer. It is a question. What we wanted to do in this exhibition is asked difficult questions about americans response to nazism. The questions that frame this exhibition are, what did americans know and what more could have been done . You will see throughout the exhibition that what we try to do is show the context of Americ
It was 1945, the war was over. Slowly, painfully, life came back to the ruins of europe. The war was over, but there was no peace. Despair crouched over the continent. Hopelessness circled europe like a bird of prey. Why . What were the forces . What were the issues in a war that turned nations into rubble heaps . And populations into beggars . The people wanted the answers. They wanted to know what happened and why. In the palace of justice in nuremburg, the people of the world came together. For there is at the International Military tribunal to judge the chief nazi war criminals. Justice robert jackson, the chief american prosecutor, makes the Opening Statement for the prosecution. Of opening the first trial in history. [inaudible] the privilege of opening the first trial in history for crimes against the piece 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 cann
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