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Getting Away with Murder(s)

The United Nations war crimes commission started work at the end of 1943,at the height of...

The United Nations war crimes commission started work at the end of 1943,
at the height of the war, and began compiling dossiers of evidence
against Nazi and Japanese war criminals

Full Transcript

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The United Nations war crimes commission
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started work at the end of 1943, at the height of the war,
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and began compiling dossiers of evidence against Nazi and Japanese war criminals.
Duration
14 seconds
Views
16
Timestamp in Movie
00:24:05
Uploaded
May 20, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Guerilla Films

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Movie Summary

99% of those who carried out the murders in the Holocaust were never prosecuted. Why not?
And then, just after the Nazi surrender, - Getting Away with Murder(s) 00:20
And then, just after the Nazi surrender,
And this agreement, this charter, then, was the legal document - Getting Away with Murder(s) 00:09
And this agreement, this charter, then, was the legal docume...
Johann Robert riss was a wehrmacht sergeant involved in the massacre - Getting Away with Murder(s) 00:13
Johann Robert riss was a wehrmacht sergeant involved in the ...
Living in Bavaria after the war, in 2011, he was sentenced in absentia - Getting Away with Murder(s) 00:12
Living in Bavaria after the war, in 2011, he was sentenced i...
Germany declined to extradite him. - Getting Away with Murder(s) 00:05
Germany declined to extradite him.
To date, he appears to be at Liberty and unpunished. - Getting Away with Murder(s) 00:05
To date, he appears to be at Liberty and unpunished.
Churchill, Roosevelt and, after him, Truman were all very supportive of trials. - Getting Away with Murder(s) 00:07
Churchill, Roosevelt and, after him, Truman were all very su...
However, within governments, there was a certain amount of hostility. - Getting Away with Murder(s) 00:05
However, within governments, there was a certain amount of h...
And we know from records that have been subsequently unearthed and published - Getting Away with Murder(s) 00:13
And we know from records that have been subsequently unearth...
Others said it would be counterproductive - Getting Away with Murder(s) 00:08
Others said it would be counterproductive
And in the us, the objections were slightly different. - Getting Away with Murder(s) 00:05
And in the us, the objections were slightly different.
But there was certainly a pattern among a number of senior people - Getting Away with Murder(s) 00:11
But there was certainly a pattern among a number of senior p...
Henry stimson managed the war effort for Franklin Roosevelt as secretary of war. - Getting Away with Murder(s) 00:07
Henry stimson managed the war effort for Franklin Roosevelt ...
His own history on war crimes goes back decades before - Getting Away with Murder(s) 00:14
His own history on war crimes goes back decades before
So, he was very keen on prosecuting the Nazis for crimes of aggression. - Getting Away with Murder(s) 00:06
So, he was very keen on prosecuting the Nazis for crimes of ...
But he was also, in another way, - Getting Away with Murder(s) 00:26
But he was also, in another way,
And this sense, that you had to preserve state sovereignty - Getting Away with Murder(s) 00:10
And this sense, that you had to preserve state sovereignty
On the other hand, you had ambassador pell, who is a real hero of these issues. - Getting Away with Murder(s) 00:06
On the other hand, you had ambassador pell, who is a real he...
He went public back in Washington and created a huge fuss - Getting Away with Murder(s) 00:16
He went public back in Washington and created a huge fuss
And when pell headed off to Europe, he penned a note to a friend, saying, - Getting Away with Murder(s) 00:17
And when pell headed off to Europe, he penned a note to a fr...