[Missouri-l] A JOURNEY THROUGH HISTORY, LETTERS FROM NUREMBERG, FEB. 7, 2012

Fri Jan 6 11:04:21 CST 2012

SUBJECT: ACCESSIBLE WORLD PRESENTS A JOURNEY THROUGH HISTORY ON TUESDAY FEBRUARY 7, 2012 REVIEWING “LETTERS FROM NUREMBERG” 

NEWSWIRE:

Last evening, everyone who read “justice for All: Earl Warren and the Nation He Made” liked the book and commented on NPR’ commentary by Nina Totenberg which was played. She stated that most of the controversial Liberal decisions (such as abortion) of the Supreme Court occurred after Chief Justice Warren’s tenure under the Berger court and Richard Nixon Presidency, but not the Warren Court.

Next month we will review “letters from Nuremberg” by Senator Christopher J. Dodd.  The book is based on the daily letters from his Father, Thomas Dodd, to his wife Grace during his eighteen month appointment as number two prosecutor to the Nuremberg Trials in 1945-1946. The letters had lain, undiscovered until 1990. The book goes beyond being a series of charming love letters or an attempt at damage control for his family’s humiliation over Senator Thomas Dodd’s career-ending censure by the U.S. Senate in 1967.  

Note: Thomas Dodd was charged and censured for converting and spending campaign funds for personal use. He subsequently died five months after his failure to be re-elected. 

His daily letters describe the atmosphere surrounding the bombed-out city of Nuremberg his meetings and interrogations of the accused Nazi leaders leading to the convictions of all but three of the twenty-five defendants. 

The book describes his growing suspicions about the motives of America’s World War II, Russian Allies which lead to his future hard-line anti Communism. 

The Author justifies the adherence to the principal of fairness in the War Crimes Trial on two bases. First it brings to the attention of the public a complete record of the crimes against humanity and counters the constant attacks by Holocaust Deniers who, incidentally, dispute some of the evidence presented by Thomas Dodd on You/Tube.  

Christopher Dodd used his book during his brief try for the Presidency in 2007 decrying President George W. Busch’s secret Tribunals and wiretaps without court authorization.  . The Author states that by giving the defendants a chance to review all of the evidence to enable the accused to defend themselves the Allied Court at Nuremberg took the “high ground” so that the term “Nuremberg” has stood for over sixty years as a symbol of United States fairness and Justice, unlike the term “Guantanamo “ which has come to signify the abandonment of such commitment and we are now associated with George W Bush and secret tribunal. 

NLS Annotation 
Letters from Nuremberg: My Father's Narrative of a Quest for Justice
Dodd, Christopher J. Read by Barry Bernson. Reading time 12 hours 15 minutes.
World History
U.S. senator from Connecticut compiles letters written to his mother, Grace, from his father, Thomas, while the latter served as a prosecutor at the trial of Nazi war criminals from 1945 to 1946. The letters reveal Dodd's impressions of the proceedings and his encounters with defendants including Hermann Goring. 2007.
Download Letters from Nuremberg: My Father's Narrative of a Quest for Justice, DB65897
DB65897,
RC65897 
Audible.com: read by Michael Prichard

The group will meet on the first Tuesday of every month and will be facilitated by Don Queen, Email: queens at pacbell.net

Date: February 7, 2011. 
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          and elsewhere in the world Thursday 01:00 GMT.

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ACCESSIBLE WORLD PRESENTS A JOURNEY THROUGH HISTORY ON AUGUST 2ND 2011 
NEWSWIRE:
Last Tuesday the History Group reviewed Bernard Cornwell’s history novel “Agincourt “and listened to portions of three in-depth interviews with the author. Everyone seemed to like the book despite the violence. The descriptions of life in thirteenth century England and France were appreciated and most people did not mind the graphic battle scenes although some appreciated being guided around the rape scene in Chapter One. The song “Agincourt
” by Ken and Lisa Theroit in their Album “Human History” was enjoyed.
It was announced that we would skip our July gathering and meet again on August 2nd.
Our book for August will be the Bestseller “Last call: the rise and fall of prohibition” BY Daniel Okrent which is the basis for Ken Burns PBS documentary on Prohibition. 
The “Noble Experiment” or Eighteenth  Amendment obstensively designed to cope with America’s serious and long-standing problem with alcohol according  to Okrent was in reality motivated by xenophobic fear of the growing power of immigrants from Ireland, Central and Southern Europe; virulent racist fears of the black man, and extreme anti-German hysteria during World War I. The author traces the temperance movement from the 1840’s with its cast of colorful characters from Carey Nathan to Jane Adams. He explains how the Eighteenth  Amendment, which never had more than ten percent public support, was passed by the heavy drinking state and Federal legislators because of the manipulations of Wayne B Wheeler  the “most powerful” lobbyist  who controlled six congresses and two Presidents and both parties.
Wayne B. Wheeler of the Anti-Saloon League (ASL) said that he didn’t care what legislators drank, only how they “voted and prayed”. So when the Amendment passed in 1920, its enforcement collapsed like a house of cards. For Example, Alcohol was served during White House poker games by Mrs. Harding to the cabinet members responsible for enforcement of Prohibition.
The nineteen hour long book is historically accurate and chock full of witty anecdotes and quotable quotes. 
Last call: the rise and fall                  of Prohibition / Daniel Okrent 19 hours, 43 minutes:   DB 71547 
Narrated by: Barry Bernson. 19 Hours 43 Minutes 2011
               Examines the origins, implementation, and failure
                  of alcohol prohibition in the United States that was ratified
                  by the Eighteenth Amendment in 1919 and nullified after
                  fourteen years. Traces the temperance movement and its
                  politics, personalities, business interests, and social
                  consequences. Basis for Ken Burns documentary. 2010.
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.nls/db.71547
Marked on two levels for chapters and section. No RC
Audible.com: abridged
The group will meet on the first Tuesday of every month and will be facilitated by Don Queen, Email: queens at pacbell.net

Date:Tuesday,August 2nd. 
Time: 6:00 PM PST, 7:00 PM MST, 8:00 PM CST, 9:00 PM EST
          and elsewhere in the world Thursday 01:00 GMT.