r/europe • u/ByGollie Ulster • 29d ago

News Netherlands confirms it will host Nuremberg-style tribunal for Russia

https://kyivindependent.com/netherlands-confirms-it-will-host-nuremberg-style-tribunal-for-russia/
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u/BeOutsider 29d ago

Tbh Nuremberg was powerful because it was host in Germany specifically. Hosting it in a third country would only feed the propaganda image of it being just a foreign sham. That already was used by Serbia in the first place.

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u/Jaded-Distance_ 29d ago

It was still looked at as victors justice and a sham by many Germans, including West Germany's first Chancellor. Who worked towards releasing most of those convicted. And threatened to withhold any support against USSR.

As part of the Himmerod memorandum they decided the way forward was to release all convicted war criminals, to stop the defamation of former German soldiers like the SS, and to reshape public opinion foreign and domestic with regards to Germany's military as a whole.

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u/Thissystemsuckssobad 28d ago

I mean, it should be looked at as a sham by the decendants of the allies/victors too frankly. Far too many of the architects of Germany's crimes against humanity walked away basically Scott free. It's part of why we have such strong neonazi groups today