Center of holocaust studies. She is an expert on the victims of nazi annihilation policies and efforts to bring the nazi perpetrators to justice after world war ii. She has a lot of publications. So i will just mention a small number of those for you today. First is atrocities on trial, historical perspectives on the politics of prosecuting war crimes, the 2008 volume she coedited with her colleague at the holocaust museum. I would like to mention to you especially about this volume, she writes a contribution piece entitled early war postwar justice in the american zone, the murder factory trial, which we will get to in the second half of our discussion today. She has also contributed to the 2008 volume nazi crimes under the law. One of the kind of pathbreaking researchers on the topic we are going to cover today. A volume titled children during the holocaust, part of her series on the holocaust sources in context, a very important volume of source material for educators, and finally f
Test test captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2008 young men and old men defending the frontlines, the home front, and others had fled because they knew they were in trouble with allied authorities that could arrest them. The chief physician and the head female nurse who were going to meet in a moment they decided they would stay with the patients and they were immediately arrested. Investigating officers we know they uncovered and here you see a photograph of that, 581 mass graveses in the Institution Cemetery and found the death register showing 15,000 patients dying, which is not what you would expect in an ordinary institution where mortality is 2 to 5 of the population. Just given that some people are older, elderly and might pass away in such an institution. They contact the United States work crimes branch, which is now located, because its so early the war is still going on, its in paris, to investigate this scenario. Now its just seeing those images is so startli
Systematically murdered an estimated 250,000 people with mental and physical disabilities. Most were native burnt germans. Next, patricia of the Holocaust Museum details the atrocities of this, she focuses on an institute in germany used for the mass murder of individuals that the nazis dubbed ladies and gentlemen, welcome. I am jason from the National World War Ii Museum for institute of war and democracy. We appreciate you joining us today for this webinar on the nazi murder of the disabled in the 1945 trial. We are so fortunate to have as our special guest today doctor patricia rice from the United States Holocaust Memorial museum from washington d. C. A little bit of background about doctor race, she is director of the division of the Senior Historian of the jack joseph and morton Mental Center of holocaust studies. She is an expert of the nazis annihilation policies and the effort to bring them to justice after world war ii. She has a lot of publications. Im going to mention a sma
The winter. We start off this program in italy where Prime Minister rico. Let us Just Announced its intention to resign now this move comes after his Democratic Party voted for a new government led as a rival party leader Mikhail Randy was outlined the plan he said. Italy needs a more ambitious government to pull it out of its economic slump. Frenzy is widely expected to replace lead as Prime Minister. Let is due to deliver his official resignation to the president on friday after just ten months in office. So what does this mean for italy and for europe were joined alive by philip bloom on the line from rome. So whats behind Prime Minister led his resignation and why has his own party so very unhappy with well yes they are right that impression. We continue to be that the government is the day to day with it. Each of the day to celtic i had to and that led to the directory he would enter the hope that they are happy that the chiefs take a boat in the bucket it give the Coalition Gover
Talk about it with our panel. I appreciate you both being here very much. Yousef let me beagain with you, you say hes using congress as a prop and really this is purely political. At the same time can you understand why this wlaeder, who believes his nation is in grave danger, is willing to risk his relationship with the president , with the white house, to send this message very clearly to congress . No because its very clear that the Prime Minister has all the access and ability to deliver that message at any time. The timing of this is clearly being used to further his domestic political objectives. Look i think there are a number of reasons why members of congress are perfectly with this their right to not want to attend the speech including the fact this israeli Prime Minister has a history of thumbing his nose not just at the white house and this particular president , but established u. S. Foreign policy in relation to israeli settlements in the west bank have chub agreed upon b