Judgment at Nuremberg

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

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Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the film production year?1961
2. What is the director?Stanley Kramer
3. What is Judgment at Nuremberg about?Judgment at Nuremberg is a movie about a court case after World War II. It shows four former Nazi judges and prosecutors being tried for crimes against humanity.
4. Why was the film made?The film was made to show how the law can be used for good or bad. It asks who is responsible when people follow orders that hurt others.

Nuremberg Military Tribunals: A series of military courts held by the Allied forces after World War II to prosecute prominent members of the political, military, economic, and judicial branches of Nazi Germany.
Complicity: The state of being involved in a crime or wrongdoing, often by assisting or encouraging the principal offender.
Totalitarian Regime: A system of government that is centralized and dictatorial and requires complete subservience to the state.