“NUREMBERG: ITS LESSON FOR TODAY” My rating: B (Opening Nov. 11 at the Glenwood Arts.
76 minutes | No MPAA rating
You can’t really call it entertainment.
Instead, “Nuremberg: Its Lesson for Today” is best viewed as a vital historical document.
Produced shortly after the end of World War II by the U.S. government and shown exclusively to German audiences, the documentary attempted nothing less than a concise summation of Nazi crimes against humanity.
Simultaneously, it provided a look at Western-style justice as embodied in the Nuremberg tribunal where the Third Reich’s military and civilian leaders were tried for their war crimes.
Never intended for domestic audiences, the film was never publicly screened in this country. And almost immediately after its release in Germany it was withdrawn from circulation under mysterious circumstances.
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