{"id":1409,"date":"2016-08-17T05:44:41","date_gmt":"2016-08-17T09:44:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/humanrights\/?p=1409"},"modified":"2016-08-10T10:45:11","modified_gmt":"2016-08-10T14:45:11","slug":"a-second-summer-away-70-years-after-nuremberg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/humanrights\/2016\/08\/17\/a-second-summer-away-70-years-after-nuremberg\/","title":{"rendered":"A second summer away [70 Years After Nuremberg]"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Nuremberg Palace<\/p><\/div>\n

On 17 August, Tom wrote to his dearest Grace, “The past week has dragged.\u00a0 I had hoped to close the testimony by today but now it looks like another ten days or two weeks.\u00a0 But I believe the judgment will come down very quickly.”\u00a0 He continues to work on his final argument, but “Once I get the argument finished, all else should be easy sailing.” [pp. 346-347]\u00a0 As if the mention of sailing has called up fond memories, he continues,<\/p>\n

The summer is nearly over–a second summer away from you.\u00a0 How I miuss that time in New England and how I wish I could be there just for this weekend.\u00a0 I simply refuse to fix my departure day–even for myself.\u00a0 I cannot tell yet.\u00a0 It cannot be too long.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Portion of a letter, 8\/17\/1946<\/p><\/div>\n

–Owen Doremus and Betsy Pittman<\/p>\n

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[Owen Doremus, a junior at Edwin O. Smith High School, is supporting this blog series with research and writing as part of an independent study.]<\/p>\n

The majority of the letters from Tom Dodd to his wife Grace have been published and can be found in Letters from Nuremberg, My father\u2019s narrative of a quest for justice<\/em>. Senator Christopher J. Dodd with Lary Bloom. New York: Crown Publishing, 2007.<\/p>\n

Images available in Thomas J. Dodd Papers<\/span><\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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