My name is howard unger and on behalf of the United States Holocaust Memorial museum it is my honor to welcome you to todays program title, a relentless pursuit bringing holocaust perpetrators to justice. I am the son of holocaust survivor and have served on the council for the u. S. Holocaust museum for the past five years. Ive come to learn that the museum is so much more than just a building that houses exhibits. The museum researches history cup trees educators, members of the military and judiciary, both in the u. S. And internationally and has many programs focus on preventing the future genocides from occurring again. Here in new york, the museums northeast Regional Office offers a variety of of events including talks like the one you are about to hear, plus Film Screenings and programs on holocaust histories as well as contemporary genocides and antisemitism. Tomorrow, well be holding the same program at the synagogue and mount cisco new york. So please encourage your westchest
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The ongoing trials in Germany of a former Nazi concentration camp guard and secretary demonstrate a path to individual accountability for past, present and future war crimes worldwide. ‘There is no statute of limitations for international criminal law,’ says TJ Adhihetty, Co-Chair of the IBA War Crimes Committee and Adjunct Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School within York University. ‘These cases […] demonstrate that it doesn’t matter if an arrest warrant is issued tomorrow against you. It can be issued against you in 15 years [or beyond].’