Greg Dawson - Judgment Before Nuremberg

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The story of the forgotten Kharkov trials, which sought justice for the thousands killed in the Ukraine two years prior to the infamous Nuremberg trial When people think of the Holocaust, they think of Auschwitz, Dachau; and when they think of justice for this terrible chapter in history, they think of Nuremberg. Not of Russia or the Ukraine, and certainly not a town called Kharkov. But in reality, the first war-crimes trial against the Nazis was in this idyllic, peaceful Ukrainian city, which is fitting, because it is also where the Holocaust actually began.
Revealing a lost chapter in Holocaust historiography,
tells the story of Dawson’s journey to this place, to the scene of the crime, and the discovery of the trial which began the tortuous process of avenging the murder of his grandparents, great-grandparents, and tens of thousands of fellow Ukrainians consumed at the dawn of the Shoah, a moment and crime now largely cloaked in darkness.
Eighteen months before the end of World War II—two full years before the opening statement by the prosecution at Nuremberg—three Nazi officers and a Ukrainian collaborator were tried and convicted of war crimes and hung in Kharkov’s public square. The trial is symbolic of the larger omission of Ukraine from the popular history of the Holocaust—another deep irony as most of the first of the six million perished in Ukraine long before Hitler and his lieutenants even decided on the formalities of the Final Solution.

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The high priests of morality in the Hays Office objected to We Accuse , reported Time , because “some of the atrocity shots are shown more than once, and the word ‘damned’ is used—attributed to the Germans in the line, ‘Let them (Russians) bury their dead and be damned’.”

The Hays Office gave Hitler a posthumous victory. In stifling We Accuse, it shoveled more dirt on the graves of the Russian dead, burying them and their stories even deeper, so that one day no one would remember or give a damn.

“Could it be we are all beneath great ruins and we’ll never crawl out?” Yevtushenko wrote in The Apple Trees of Drobitsky . “We are working our way out. An ignominious task, though enormous! Only don’t let the demolition shovel succeed again in finishing off those who are trying to crawl out.”

It’s left to us—the children and grandchildren of the survivors—to deny Hitler’s ghost, and to ensure that the greatest coverup in history does not succeed.

PHOTOGRAPHS

Kharkov under Nazi rule Seventy percent of the city was destroyed during the - фото 1
Kharkov under Nazi rule. Seventy percent of the city was destroyed during the Germans’ 22-month occupation.
Shellshocked Hotel Krasnaya in Kharkov Krasnaya is Russian for redor - фото 2
Shell-shocked Hotel Krasnaya in Kharkov. Krasnaya is Russian for red—or beautiful.
Downtown Kharkov buildings that escaped massive damage during German bombing - фото 3
Downtown Kharkov buildings that escaped massive damage during German bombing and shelling.
Dzerzhinsky Square in Kharkov during the warfive times larger than Red Square - фото 4
Dzerzhinsky Square in Kharkov during the war—five times larger than Red Square in Moscow—renamed Freedom Square after Ukraine declared independence.
Kharkov church ravaged by German attacks Nazis targeted cultural educational - фото 5
Kharkov church ravaged by German attacks. Nazis targeted cultural, educational, and religious institutions no less than military installations in an attempt to eviscerate existing society in Kharkov.
Gospromgovernment buildings circling Dzerzhinsky Squarewere the first - фото 6
Gosprom—government buildings circling Dzerzhinsky Square—were the first high-rise buildings in Ukraine constructed of ferro-concrete and survived sustained German attacks.
German reconnaisance photo of unnamed facility possibly agricultural near - фото 7
German reconnaisance photo of unnamed facility, possibly agricultural, near Kharkov.
Life goes in Nazioccupied Kharkov Dispirited citizens in the Kharkov - фото 8
Life goes in Nazi-occupied Kharkov.
Dispirited citizens in the Kharkov marketplace An estimated 100000 residents - фото 9
Dispirited citizens in the Kharkov marketplace. An estimated 100,000 residents died of hunger during German occupation.
Portrait of Hitler in a Kharkov store window In the first weeks of the war in - фото 10
Portrait of Hitler in a Kharkov store window. In the first weeks of the war in western Ukraine, the Führer was hailed for liberating Ukraine from the tyranny of Stalin.
A German soldier directing traffic in central Kharkov AntiSemitic Nazi - фото 11
A German soldier directing “traffic” in central Kharkov.
AntiSemitic Nazi propaganda in a Kharkov store window Most Jews fled east to - фото 12
Anti-Semitic Nazi propaganda in a Kharkov store window. Most Jews fled east to the Urals before the Nazis arrived. Those who stayed—some 16,000—were killed at Drobitsky Yar.
Boys inspect a German tank in downtown Kharkov Geman attacks devastated the - фото 13
Boys inspect a German tank in downtown Kharkov.
Geman attacks devastated the infrastructure of Kharkov destroying most - фото 14
Geman attacks devastated the infrastructure of Kharkov, destroying most bridges, the railway junction, power stations, telephone and telegraph connections, and fifty industrial plants.
Kharkov citizens exult at the hanging of four convicted war criminalsthree - фото 15
Kharkov citizens exult at the hanging of four convicted war criminals—three Germans and a Russian traitor—on Dec. 19, 1943.
The crowd surges toward the gallows of freshcut wood erected on the grounds of - фото 16
The crowd surges toward the gallows of fresh-cut wood erected on the grounds of a market burned down by the Nazis. Journalists estimated 40,000 to 50,000 onlookers.
The makeshift courtroom in the Opera House illuminated with klieg lights for - фото 17
The makeshift courtroom in the Opera House, illuminated with klieg lights for the filming of movies and newsreels. Photo courtesy of Yad Vashem.
Military Tribunal of the 4th Ukrainian Front Presiding judge center Major - фото 18
Military Tribunal of the 4th Ukrainian Front. Presiding judge (center), Major General Miasnikov. Photo courtesy of Yad Vashem.
Defendants Bulanov Ritz Reinhard Langheld in the courtroom Captain Langheld - фото 19
Defendants Bulanov, Ritz, Reinhard, Langheld in the courtroom. Captain Langheld was the only German to maintain his military bearing, even on the gallows. Photo courtesy of Yad Vashem .
SS Lt Ritz standing before the court perhaps pleading for mercy before the - фото 20
SS Lt. Ritz standing before the court, perhaps pleading for mercy before the judges retire to decide the sentences. Photo courtesy of Yad Vashem.
Russian writers Konstantin Simonov and Ilya Ehrenburg coeditor with Vassily - фото 21
Russian writers Konstantin Simonov and Ilya Ehrenburg (co-editor with Vassily Grossman of The Black Book ) observing at the Kharkov trial. Photo courtesy of the U.S. Holocaust Museum.
Reinhard Retzlaff corporal in the German Secret Police testifies at the - фото 22
Reinhard Retzlaff, corporal in the German Secret Police, testifies at the trial. Photo courtesy of Yad Vashem.
The defendants Clockwise starting at lower left Mikhail Bulanov Hans Ritz - фото 23
The defendants. Clockwise, starting at lower left: Mikhail Bulanov, Hans Ritz, Reinhard Retzlaff, William Langheld. Photos courtesy of Sovfoto .
Russian soldiers memorialized at Sokolniky Park outside Kharkov which - фото 24
Russian soldiers memorialized at Sokolniky Park outside Kharkov, which exchanged hands four times during the war.
Memorial at Drobitsky Yar near Kharkov where 16000 Jews were murdered and - фото 25
Memorial at Drobitsky Yar near Kharkov where 16,000 Jews were murdered and buried in ravines by Germans.
Two of four tablets at Drobitsky Yar memorial engraved with the admonition - фото 26
Two of four tablets at Drobitsky Yar memorial engraved with the admonition “Thou Shalt Not Kill,” in myriad languages.
Markers at the site of the tractor factory on the outskirts of Kharkov that - фото 27
Markers at the site of the tractor factory on the outskirts of Kharkov that served as a temporary ghetto for Jews on the way to the killing field at Drobitsky Yar. Monument to left honors Righteous Gentiles who hid Jews from the Nazis.
Entrance pathway leading to the Motherland statue at Sokolinky Park near - фото 28
Entrance pathway leading to the Motherland statue at Sokolinky Park near Kharkov.
Bus shelter with redandblue floral design Sign in Russian reads Drobitsky - фото 29
Bus shelter with red-and-blue floral design. Sign in Russian reads: Drobitsky Yar.
Menorah at the end of the entrance road to Drobitsky Yar Dueling monuments at - фото 30
Menorah at the end of the entrance road to Drobitsky Yar.
Dueling monuments at Drobitsky Yar killing field south of Kharkov Obelisk to - фото 31
Dueling monuments at Drobitsky Yar killing field south of Kharkov. Obelisk to left, erected by Soviets in 1955, makes no mention of Jews. Monument to right, built in 1998, corrects the historical record.
Heroic statuary in Kharkov center Monument in Sokolniky Park where thousands - фото 32
Heroic statuary in Kharkov center.
Monument in Sokolniky Park where thousands of Jews and Russian soldiers were - фото 33
Monument in Sokolniky Park where thousands of Jews and Russian soldiers were murdered.
Motherland statue with beating electronic heart at Sokolniky Park near - фото 34
Motherland statue, with beating electronic heart, at Sokolniky Park near Kharkov.
Babushka in balcony at Kharkov music conservatory December 2010 Site of the - фото 35
Babushka in balcony at Kharkov music conservatory, December 2010.
Site of the Kharkov synagogue where 400 elderly crippled Jews and children - фото 36
Site of the Kharkov synagogue where 400 elderly, crippled Jews and children were locked in by the Nazis and perished in December 1941.
Author at the Kharkov Holocaust Museum 2010 with founder Larisa Volovik - фото 37
Author at the Kharkov Holocaust Museum (2010) with founder Larisa Volovik (left) and daughter Yulana Volshonok, curator.
Plaque at the site of the old Opera House where the 1943 trial was held before - фото 38
Plaque at the site of the old Opera House where the 1943 trial was held before an audience of local residents.
Students at School 13 where Zhanna attended at same age First and third - фото 39
Students at School 13 where Zhanna attended at same age.
First and third generation survivorsZhanna Dawson and granddaughter Aimeeat - фото 40
First and third generation survivors—Zhanna Dawson and granddaughter Aimee—at Timber Creek High School in Orlando, FL, January 2011. Photo by Wendy Doromal.
The Arshansky extended family circa 1935 in Kharkov Zhanna is second from - фото 41
The Arshansky extended family, circa 1935 in Kharkov. Zhanna is second from left between father Dmitri and mother Sara. Both perished at Drobitsky Yar.

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