THE 600 BLOG
Truth, justice, and reasons Nuremberg is relevant in our world today. Guest bloggers welcome, connect with us at: info@courtroom600.org
RACISM BEGINS AT HOME
“I’m sorry coach, but I can’t play this game.” A star quarterback had pulled Coach Norbert Ehrenfreund aside just as the championship game was about to kick off. It was autumn of 1945. The war in Europe and Japan was over, and U.S. soldiers were still stationed in...
UNDERSTAND THE PAST. PROTECT THE FUTURE.
After four days of fighting near the end of WWII in Europe, on April 20, 1945, Nuremberg fell to the U.S. Army. It was Adolf Hitler’s birthday. Nuremberg was the Nazis “shrine city,” home to annual Party Rallies in a huge stadium where Hitler announced to cheering...
WINE AND WAR: OUR VIRTUAL BENEFIT
View Recording of our November, 2020 live event. Take a virtual trip to France in World War II, where the Nazis stole 87 million bottles of Champagne and 1.17 billion bottles of wine. Award-winning authors Don and Petie Kladstrup tell us how vintners secretly yet...
WATCH OUR EDUCATOR WEBINAR
Time is the most precious commodity a teacher has. Watch our recorded webinar to learn how you can use the Nuremberg trials as a framework to teach 20th century history more efficiently and maximize your classroom hours.During this webinar, we introduced the...
PIONEERING NUREMBERG RESEARCH BEFORE THE WEB
What was it like to research Nuremberg before the web existed? This is the question I asked Northwestern University scholar Francesca Gaiba, author of the only book about simultaneous interpretation at world’s first international trial. She began her research in...
HOW THE COURTROOM 600 PROJECT STARTED
My parents were children of the Great Depression, a time when economic hardship was the norm and thriftiness a habit carried forward. In addition to scrimping with money, the “Silent Generation” was also scant on information sharing. Case in point: my 89-year-old...
WHY NUREMBERG MUST BE TAUGHT, NOW
Dave Fript History Teacher Emeritus, Latin School of Chicago Teacher Fellow, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Educational Advisor, Descendants Media Group/Courtroom 600 Project The group of high school boys giving what appears to be the Nazi salute might...
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