{"id":892,"date":"2015-10-07T09:36:06","date_gmt":"2015-10-07T13:36:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/humanrights\/?p=892"},"modified":"2015-10-07T15:12:06","modified_gmt":"2015-10-07T19:12:06","slug":"a-new-normal-70-years-after-nuremberg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/humanrights\/2015\/10\/07\/a-new-normal-70-years-after-nuremberg\/","title":{"rendered":"A New Normal [70 Years After Nuremberg]"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Nuremberg Palace<\/p><\/div>\n

Threaded through the renewed hope\u00a0for the future demonstrated by\u00a0the recovery of France and preparations for the upcoming trials in Germany, Dodd reflected on October 2 that\u00a0\u00a0“I sometimes feel depressed about the future.\u00a0 Many well-informed people over here say another war is inevitable–already we are laying the foundation for it.”\u00a0[p. 154, 10\/2\/1945]. Observations of the actions and attitudes of his colleagues on the other prosecution teams did not bode well but Dodd resolved “to stand openly and firmly against this menace.” [p. 155, 10\/2\/1945]<\/p>\n

Meetings, desk work, interrogations, staff changes, lunches, dinners and the occasional\u00a0evening entertainment filled the time as the\u00a0days passed and became “ordinary.”\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Portion of a letter, October 4, 1945<\/p><\/div>\n

Dodd recounts Keitel’s\u00a0admissions of branding Russian prisoners, terrorist activities and other activities providing\u00a0evidence for the Russians post war retaliation, having become “a perfect tool for Hitler” [p.158, 10\/6\/15].<\/p>\n

The pace continued to increase as interrogations with Keitel, von Papen and Seyss-Inquart continued and the date for the serving of the indictment looms, after which the real work will begin.<\/p>\n

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Portion of a letter, October 5, 1945<\/p><\/div>\n

After the tense,\u00a0days, Dodd writes that he\u00a0relaxed by\u00a0retiring\u00a0“at home and having some alone time. ” I get into bed, take all of your letters and read them over. Then I just recline comfortably and think about you. I recall all types of<\/p>\n

incidents- all manner of experiences that we have shared together. Then I fall off to sleep thinking of you.” [p. 156, 10\/4\/1945].\u00a0 Even to the point of looking forward to happier times to come, together as a family.<\/p>\n

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Portion of a letter, October 5, 1945<\/p><\/div>\n

As time went by more permanent accommodations were made for the American staff in Germany.\u00a0\u00a0Dodd and Colonel Brundage\u00a0moved into a beautiful house with six rooms, a kitchen, a bath, and much more. They felt bad about the removal of the family who lived there “but it is war, and this mission is a result of war” [p. 157, 10\/4\/15].\u00a0 They also\u00a0acquired their own personal driver and car, because of the distance of the house from the office space they occupied in N\u00fcrnberg–a true luxury!<\/p>\n

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House in Zirndorf<\/p><\/div>\n

Sadly for Tom, Brundage decided\u00a0on October 6th that N\u00fcrnberg was no longer his place to be.\u00a0 In his heart, Brundage could no longer be a part of it.\u00a0 Other close friends Dodd had made since arriving in Germany soon followed\u00a0and by October 7th Tom Dodd felt as lonesome as he had the day he arrived.\u00a0 With only his conviction of the importance of what must be done, he doggedly moved forward.<\/p>\n

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Portion of a letter, October 4, 1945<\/p><\/div>\n

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\u2013Owen 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>.\u00a0 Senator Christopher J. Dodd with Lary Bloom. New York: Crown Publishing, 2007.<\/p>\n

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

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