Step inside history with the Churchill Archives Centre as they reflect on their Nuremberg Trial Simulation, an innovative educational program designed to immerse participants in the challenges and dilemmas faced by prosecutors, judges, and defendants during the 1945 trials.
In this session, panelists will explain the structure, objectives, and outcomes of the simulation, highlighting how participants experienced firsthand the complex legal, ethical, and moral questions that defined Nuremberg. They will also discuss the broader purpose of such simulations: to deepen understanding of international law, accountability, and the enduring lessons of Nuremberg for contemporary justice.
Attendees will gain insight into how historical trials can be recreated for educational purposes, the challenges of role-playing judicial proceedings, and the reflections of participants who engaged in this unique experience. This program offers both a behind-the-scenes look at the simulation and a discussion of its relevance to modern international justice and education.
The Churchill Archives Centre, part of the University of Cambridge, preserves the papers of Sir Winston Churchill and other key figures in modern history. It provides researchers, students, and the public with access to primary historical materials and engages audiences through educational programs, exhibitions, and innovative initiatives such as the Nuremberg Trial Simulation.
12:00pm EST in Jamestown, Washington DC, and New York // 17:00GMT in London, Leicester, and Cambridge // 18:00 CET in Nürnberg // 11:00am CST in Chicago and Independence
Registration coming soon.
The Robert H. Jackson Center is a non-profit, non-partisan educational organization that is dedicated to presenting accurate and balanced information about complex issues. The opinions expressed by various guest speakers, panelists, and authors do not necessarily reflect the views of the Center, its Board, and supporters.
The Center fulfills its educational mission by welcoming diverse views and by providing a forum to explore a wide range of perspectives on often controversial legal and public policy issues. While we make an effort to ensure the information we provide is accurate and balanced, we welcome your comments, suggestions, or correction of any factual errors.
Since 2001, the Robert H. Jackson Center has preserved the values embodied in the life and works of Robert H. Jackson, who served as U.S. Solicitor General, U.S. Attorney General, U.S. Supreme Court Justice, and Chief U.S. Prosecutor of the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg. Through programs, presentations, exhibits, media, internships, and scholarship, the Center seeks to demonstrate to current and future generations the relevance and applicability of Justice Jackson’s ideas and writings. The Center provides educational content on the United States Constitution and Supreme Court, civil rights, the legacy of the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg and international human rights, and the rule of law. During his illustrious career, Justice Jackson addressed these subjects, and the Center recognizes his thinking remains relevant today.
