Allemagne, octobre 1945. Les Alliés, vainqueurs de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, s’apprêtent à juger les crimes commis par le IIIe Reich. Durant un an, sous les yeux attentifs de la presse du monde entier, une vingtaine de hauts dignitaires du régime nazi vont devoir répondre de leurs actes devant les magistrats du Tribunal militaire international. S’appuyant sur les minutes du procès et des témoignages, Annette Wieviorka raconte Nuremberg, cet événement majeur du XXe siècle, de sa genèse, au début de la guerre, jusqu’à ses répercussions lointaines concernant la création d’une justice internationale.

Germany, October 1945. The Allies, victors of the Second World War, are preparing to try the crimes committed by the Third Reich. For a year, under the watchful eyes of the press around the world, some twenty senior Nazi officials will have to answer for their actions before the judges of the International Military Tribunal. Based on the trial minutes and testimonies, Annette Wieviorka recounts Nuremberg, this major event of the 20th century, from its genesis at the beginning of the war to its distant repercussions regarding the creation of an international justice. the Nuremberg trial Annette Wieviorka, research director at the CNRS, was a member of the Study Mission on the Plunder of the Property of the Jews of France. She is the author of numerous articles and books on the history of the Jews in the 20th century, on the Genocide and its memory. She contributed to two collective books for the Liana Levi publishing house, Mille ans de cultures Ashkénazes (1994) and Les Juifs de France (1998). Bibliography (excerpt): Auschwitz explained to my daughter, Seuil (1999), Auschwitz, sixty years later, Robert Laffont (2005), Auschwitz: la solution finale, Tallandier (2005), Auschwitz: la mémoire d'un lieu, Hachette Littératures (2006).