Charles F. Wennerstrum

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Charles F. Wennerstrum

Charles Frederick Wennerstrum, född den 11 oktober 1889 i Cambridge, Illinois, avliden den 1 juni 1986. Amerikansk jurist vid Supreme Court of Iowa.



Nürnbergprocessen

Wennerstrum riktade skarp kritik mot hur Nürnbergprocessen hanterades och hur de åtalade tyskarna hanterades juridiskt. Wennerstrum gjorde sig känd för att i Chicago Daily Tribune den 23 februari 1948 ha ifrågsatt de omständigheter och de grunder som de åtalade dömdes på:

"If I had known seven months ago what I know today, I would never have come here. The initial war crimes trial here was judged and prosecuted by Americans, Russians, British and French with much of the time, effort and expenses devoted to whitewashing the Allies and placing the sole blame for World War II upon Germany. What I have said of the nationalist character of the tribunals, applies to the prosecution. The high ideals announced as the motives for creating these tribunals has not been evident."
"The prosecution has failed to maintain objectivity aloof from vindictiveness, aloof from personal ambitions for convictions. It has failed to strive to lay down precedents which might help the world to avoid future wars. The entire atmosphere here is unwholesome. Linguists were needed. the Americans are notably poor linguists. Lawyers, clerks, interpreters and researchers were employed who became Americans only in recent years, whose backgrounds were embedded in Europe's hatreds and prejudices."
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