Contact: Darren Johnson, (631) 421-2244,
ext. 383 or 631-761-7064.
September 25, 2006
Touro Law Center to Debut “Hitler’s
Courts” Documentary
Emmy-Nominated Directors Tackle
Nuremberg’s Impact 60 Years Later
New York, N.Y. –
Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center will debut a new
documentary film to mark the 60th anniversary of the
Nuremberg Trials, based on a very successful international
conference the law school organized in Germany last year.
The
film will be shown at the New York City Bar Association at 42
West 44th Street in Manhattan on Monday, October 30,
starting with a reception at 6 p.m. followed by the premiere at
7 p.m. and a Q&A to follow with former New York State Chief
Judge Sol Wachtler, former war crimes prosecutor Ben Ferencz and
Anne Bayefsky, Director of Touro's Institute on Human Rights and
the Holocaust. A capacity audience is expected, so reservations
are necessary. Call Allison Flor at 631-421-2244 ext. 355.
.jpg) “Hitler’s Courts: The Betrayal of the Rule of Law in Nazi
Germany” was created by Emmy Award nominees Joshua M. Greene and
Shiva Kumar. The 35-minute film is intended for television
broadcast and use in high schools, universities and law schools.
Their previous documentary, “Witness: Voices from the
Holocaust,” aired nationally on PBS.
“Hitler’s Courts” features archival footage from the Nazi era,
rarely seen photographs, and interviews with leading voices in
international law, including Whitney R. Harris, a member of the
prosecuting team in Nuremberg in 1947; Justice Gabriel Bach,
former assistant prosecutor at the 1961 trial of Adolf Eichmann;
Michael J. Bazyler, Professor of Law at Whittier Law School; and
Raymond Brown, Professor of Law at Seton Hall Law School. In
July 2005, Touro had gathered these leading legal minds at its
well-received “Judging Nuremberg” conference in Nuremberg,
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These and other experts who appear in the film examine the
perversion of law under Nazi rule and discuss how distinguished
lawmakers were capable of complicity in the largest mass murder
of men, women and children in history.
Already, the 35-minute film has been honored with acceptance for
screening at the New York International Independent Film & Video
Festival, with excellent advance reviews from the judges.
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