Friend,

One of the most important findings of the 1945-46 International Military Tribunal that tried Nazi war criminals and their collaborators for crimes against humanity was that all those in Nazi Germany with policy-making authority were responsible for the monstrous crimes, including genocide, perpetrated by the Hitler regime.

Often, Nuremberg defendants sought to answer the charges against them by saying that they hadn't known what was going on, but Justice Robert Jackson of New York State, insisted they were in fact guilty, by way of the conspiracy in which they had participated. "These are rules which every society has found necessary in order to reach men, like these defendants, who never get blood on their hands, but who lay plans that result in the shedding of blood...." In other words, they knew, or should have known, the consequences of their policies and their actions.

Were such standards applied today, scores American and other government officials, including President Biden, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, French President Macron,? NY Senators Schumer and Gillibrand, and probably hundreds of others, would be found guilty of the crime of genocide being carried out in Gaza as detailed in the South African case brought before International Court of Justice last December.

This symposium is dedicated to remembering history, so as not to repeat its crimes, and to remember why justice must be served.

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New York Symposium, Friday, March 1, 8:00 p.m.

Knew or Should Have Known: The Lessons of the Nuremberg Trials

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--Diane

www.sareforsenate.com