For us to remember
Yesterday my group mates and I attended the event that was dedicated to the trial of the former political leaders of Hitler’s Germany. Basically, we thought it supposed to be a lecture but it was actually a documentary shown to the audience. Afterwards Alexander Zvyagincev, the director and author of the movie, gave a splendid speech that revealed his own point of view on that case and opened up some concealed details that he wanted us to learn about.
Frankly, I am not big on various documentaries as I’m not really good at history. It always makes me feel confused because of the dates and a host of various important cause-effect relations that I personally find quite difficult to figure out. However, today while watching the documentary I realized that it’s not complicated at all. The point is that the author’s explanations based on his own research work give us a vivid and graphic idea of what was happening at that court and why the trial caused so much uproar among mass media and diplomats.
The documentary represents the trial of war criminals, and it took place at the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany. The majority of the convicts were Hitler’s entourage, and consequently they were involved in most political and economical processes. They were accused of a succession of military offences. The court process was conducting from 20th of October 1945 to 1st of October 1946 in the “Courtroom 600”. The prosecutors were Robert Huout Jackson (The US), Roman Rudenko (The Soviet Union) and other politicians.
From my perspective, the movie itself is rather interesting not only for a student but for any person who wants to understand what was going on during our great history. It is quite profound as I was almost crying when I saw some pictures from the concentration camps. The director of the film managed to convey the atmosphere of the event: busy interpreters sitting around, politicians with grave faces and vexed criminals waiting for their sentences. Some of their countenance expressed trepidity, other were quite placid. By the end of the documentary I was literally taken aback by the impression I got. It crossed my mind, that it is possible to enjoy learning history and its particular events.
To sum up, I would like to say that the work done by the author of the movie is a great work indeed. I’m really grateful for such people because they make us take a look at history from different angle. It takes a lot of time and effort and I really want to say “Thank You!” for bringing such an urgent matter up and showing it to people so that they will be aware of the history of their own country.
