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Is international justice a net that captures the weak but lets the strong go free?

Defendants in their dock at the Nuremberg Trials

Defendants in their dock at the Nuremberg Trials Source: Getty/Corbis Historical

It’s 75 years since the judgement at the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg - when twenty four high-ranking Nazis were put on trial. What is the legacy of those trials?


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By Philippe Sands (BBC)

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It’s 75 years since the judgement at the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg - when twenty four high-ranking Nazis were put on trial. What is the legacy of those trials?


This story was originally written and produced by Professor Philippe Sands for the BBC.


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