Symbols invite contemplation but can be confronting and confusing. I experienced all three reactions when faced with a massive crucifix above the judicial bench in the Nuremberg Palace of Justice, where Nazis were tried for war crimes. The crucifix was…
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Nuremberg, the movie, dogs my footsteps. More accurately, Howard Triest, the reliable but almost invisible interpreter at Nuremberg, has begun keeping me company. Triest, known as Howie and played by Leo Woodall in the movie, was crucial in getting the…
James Vanderbilt’s Nuremberg was compelling and disturbing. It drew me back to the darkened theatre three times as I wrestled with an angst that I couldn’t quite identify. The 1945 trial at Nuremberg had been mooted as a just alternative…


