Without Cable tv (using only apps like Prime, Tubi and Roku)…
I’ve had a chance to get caught up on old tv shows, and even old movies. Right now I’m watching "Judgment at Nuremberg"(1961)
It’s fascinating, but I have to suspend certain personal perspectives. For example, the prosecution speaks of "injustices against human beings", which certainly cannot be disputed.
A couple of the defendants express the opinion that they don’t recognize the U.S.’s right to sit in judgment. Actually, very valid, given U.S. treatment of some of its own citizens.
At the time of the Nuremberg trials (1948) our country had Jim Crow laws very similar to the initial Nuremberg laws that began taking the rights of German Jews away. We’d sent [b]segregated[/b] troops to fight in that very war. And [b]our[/b] restrictive laws were still in place in 1961. The tenor of the movie is that of people who committed horrible crimes being held accountable and punished, with the (supposed) "good guys" prevailing. I’m at a point in my life where I have to get into a different headspace to appreciate such films the way I once did.
On EP I had a friend around my age who was born and had lived much of his life in India. We were discussing WWII and he said, "A lot of us just saw the Germans as another group of European oppressors on the same scale as the British who came to our country. They weren’t better, but they weren’t really worse, either." He discussed things done under British colonialism. I knew, but I hadn’t really [b]known[/b]. Again, it was a different perspective. 😞
I plan to watch this movie again for its acting, cinematography and the storyline, while attempting to suspend my personal feelings about the historical content.
It’s fascinating, but I have to suspend certain personal perspectives. For example, the prosecution speaks of "injustices against human beings", which certainly cannot be disputed.
A couple of the defendants express the opinion that they don’t recognize the U.S.’s right to sit in judgment. Actually, very valid, given U.S. treatment of some of its own citizens.
At the time of the Nuremberg trials (1948) our country had Jim Crow laws very similar to the initial Nuremberg laws that began taking the rights of German Jews away. We’d sent [b]segregated[/b] troops to fight in that very war. And [b]our[/b] restrictive laws were still in place in 1961. The tenor of the movie is that of people who committed horrible crimes being held accountable and punished, with the (supposed) "good guys" prevailing. I’m at a point in my life where I have to get into a different headspace to appreciate such films the way I once did.
On EP I had a friend around my age who was born and had lived much of his life in India. We were discussing WWII and he said, "A lot of us just saw the Germans as another group of European oppressors on the same scale as the British who came to our country. They weren’t better, but they weren’t really worse, either." He discussed things done under British colonialism. I knew, but I hadn’t really [b]known[/b]. Again, it was a different perspective. 😞
I plan to watch this movie again for its acting, cinematography and the storyline, while attempting to suspend my personal feelings about the historical content.
