Memorium of the Nuremberg Trials

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The exhibition Memorium Nuremberg Trials
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The Nuremberg Trials Memorium is an institution of the Nuremberg City Museums . From 1945 to 1949 the Nuremberg Trials took place in the jury court of the Nuremberg Palace of Justice . The Nuremberg Trials Memorium provides information at the historical location about the history, course and aftermath of the proceedings.

The International Military Tribunal (1945/1946)

On November 20, 1945, the trial of the “major war criminals” began in the jury court room ( room 600 ) of the Nuremberg Palace of Justice . The Nazi terror regime had led to a break in civilization and human suffering on a scale that was previously unimaginable. 24 leading representatives of the Nazi regime and eight organizations were charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity before the International Military Tribunal .

The four Allied Powers provided both the judge and the prosecutor. As a result of the trial, the crimes of National Socialist Germany were documented at a very early stage and important evidence documents were secured and systematized, which are still an important basis for research.

World history was written in hall 600 during the Nuremberg trial of major war criminals. The process represents an important stage in coming to terms with the injustice committed by National Socialist Germany. The development of an international criminal justice system , as embodied today by the International Criminal Court in The Hague , also owes significant impetus to it.

History of the project

In May 2000, the museums of the city of Nuremberg offered public tours through room 600 in the Nuremberg justice building for the first time on weekends, which enjoyed increasing visitor numbers from year to year. The steadily increasing number of visitors led to the realization that the associated obligation to provide adequate historical information must be taken seriously. In May 2005, the Board of Trustees of the Documentation Center of the Nazi Party Rally Grounds publicly presented the “Memorium Nuremberg Trials” project. After the necessary commitments to finance the construction costs were obtained from the Free State of Bavaria and the federal government, the concept for the new permanent exhibition could be drawn up in December 2007. In December 2008 the clearing, demolition, construction and construction work began in the attic of the Nuremberg justice building, which lasted until 2010. The permanent exhibition Memorium Nuremberg Trials was opened with a ceremony on November 21, 2010.

Probably from 2020, the jury court room 600 will be permanently open to visitors to the memorium, as the higher regional court will then largely withdraw from the east building. An enlargement of the permanent exhibition is also planned in the next few years.

Permanent exhibition "Memorium Nuremberg Trials"

Part of the dock, which u. a. was used in the trial against the main war criminals, is one of the few exhibits.

The permanent exhibition, which is located in the roof of the east building of the justice building and thus above room 600, provides information about the history, course and aftermath of the court proceedings. Selected objects such as parts of the original dock or historical audio and film documents convey a vivid impression of what was going on in the process.

The permanent exhibition Memorium Nuremberg Trials is divided into three subject areas:

1. Prehistory, participants and course of the main war criminal trial
2. Legal prosecution of Nazi crimes after 1946. In addition to an overall presentation of the Nuremberg follow-up trials, other important processes provide an overview of how Nazi crimes were dealt with at home and abroad.
3. The legacy of Nuremberg up to the establishment of the International Criminal Court in The Hague

With a few exceptions, the exhibition concept deliberately dispenses with objects in favor of a documentary character. A factual presentation is intended to give the visitor the opportunity to form a "judgment" about the confrontation with Nazi crimes. The most important exhibit is hall 600 itself, which can be viewed on non-negotiation days.

The museum offers a wide range of educational offers . These are carried out in cooperation with the following partners:

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