8th Distribution Goes Out
Recently I was able to send out to each of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum and HL Senteret, the Norwegian Center for the Study of the Holocaust and Religious Minorities their 50% share of the royalties and speaking fees I earned this past year related to Odd Nansen’s diary. To date my cumulative distributions now amount to almost $29,000.
Nuremburg Update
Recently I wrote about the anniversary of the Nuremburg Trials (here). I have since learned that Russell Crowe and Rami Malek are planning to star in a forthcoming film about the trials—Crowe to play Herman Göring, and Malek to play an American psychiatrist who must determine if Göring is fit to stand trial. (As noted in my earlier post, Göring was found guilty, but died by suicide with poison one day prior to his scheduled execution by hanging.}
What I did not mention in my earlier post was a fortuitous event that occurred during the final semester of my senior year in high school, I qualified for an independent study program, and chose to work with the New Haven, CT Public Defender’s Office. In the course of my work, I befriended a student at the Yale Law School who was also volunteering at the Defender’s Office. One day he invited me to sit in on one of his law classes. Little did I know it was a senior seminar taught by Telford Taylor, the assistant to chief prosecutor Robert Jackson in the initial Nuremburg trial, and, after Jackson stepped down, the lead prosecutor in the 12 subsequent Nuremburg Trials. Wow! Taylor was most impressive, and helped cement my decision to pursue a career as a lawyer as well. (We’ll just have to wait and see if his character ends up in the new movie.)
Happy New Year to all, and every best wish for a healthy, happy, and fulfilling 2024!
