Originally aired on November 20, 2007.
Tom Fudge: Sixty-three years ago, the Nuremberg Trials began in the bombed out German city of Nuremberg. Men who played the biggest roles in the Nazi war machine, and who were still alive, went on trial for crimes against humanity.
One of the people who covered the trial was a reporter for The Stars and Stripes . He had the very German-sounding name of Norbert Ehrenfreund, but he was an American soldier who had served in Patton's Third Army. Ehrenfreund had a degree in journalism, but his experience in Nuremberg covering the trial inspired him to go into the law. Now in his ‘80s, Ehrenfreund is a retired San Diego County Superior Court judge. And he has written a book about the Nuremberg Trials. It's called The Nuremberg Legacy: How the Nazi War Crimes Trials Changed the Course of History .
Guest
- Judge Norbert Ehrenfreund, retired San Diego County Superior court judge. He covered the Nuremberg Trials as a reporter for The Stars and Stripes , and he's author of a book called The Nuremberg Legacy: How the Nazi War Crimes Trials Changed the Course of History .
