How Does Fascism Take Root? A Classic 1961 Movie With an All-Star Cast About Real-Life Events Paints the Picture Quite Well.

To anyone who hasn't seen it (or hasn't seen it for years), I highly recommend that you sit down and watch the complete movie, Judgment at Nuremberg.

Here's the link:

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The film came out in 1961, but there is shocking wartime footage that the American public had never seen until then.

You really need to watch the full movie, start to end. It's history - and it's a true representation of the trial of the Nazi judges.

There's more to the sick, twisted legacy of Nazi Germany than simply just Hitler, Himmler and the generals.

And it's a warning to any democracy with fringe elements.

If you don't have a strong stomach, I suggest you not eat while watching it. And that comment is not made in jest.

The cases are real, names have been changed.

Col. Tad Lawson's opening statement by the prosecution is taken directly from that of U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Telford Taylor on March 5, 1947 almost word for word.

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DeWayfarer · 61-69, M

Only the first movie I will address.

This is not the first time, nor the second time, but at least the third time I have watched it.

The first movie is well worth discussing, despite some minor inaccuracies, such as the translation of German. Vier und fünfzehn is not Vier und fifteen.

Yet, going beyond the movie, I have recollections of my parents' stories in Europe during that time.

Believe me, this movie was mild in comparison, and even that was inaccurate.

The horrors my parents went through were worse.

Yet, this movie makes abundantly clear the responsibilities of not only those in power, but also those who were behind the scenes, of those in power.

It is for this reason alone that this movie is worth watching.

It doesn't matter what type of government is in place—neither Communism, nor Socialism, nor Federalism, nor Republics, nor even Monarchies.

Those in power, as well as those behind the scenes, must be held accountable for not only their actions, but also their inactions. And they must be upheld to the strictest standards, far more so than their lessers.

I can't emphasize this enough.

A crime committed never justifies the means at any point. Yet, those who hold the keys to power, as well as those behind the scenes, must be held to a far higher standard.

I visited Nuremberg in 1974. Even then, parts of Nuremberg were still war-torn.