nuremburg trial courthouse

I visited the "Memorium Nuremberg Trials" after spending a full day at Documentation Centre & Former Nazi Party Rally Grounds. I think this sequence made me better appreciate the information presented here.Getting to this historic site is easy on the U1 subway by exiting at the Barenschanze station.I opted to visit on a Saturday based on the suggestions of prior reviewers. Courtroom 600 is still in use so visiting on a weekday might not allow a visitor to actually enter the courtroom proper. There are small observation windows(where the press & visitors' gallery once stood during the International Military Tribunal)that look down into the courtroom on the museum level above that can give a glimpse of Courtroom 600 on days of ongoing trials. I also wanted to go on the English language guided tour that is available on a "first come, first serve" basis on Saturday afternoons.The audioguide in English was excellent. The docent who gave the English language tour on the afternoon that I was there was knowledgeable and added to what I learned using the audioguide.Some prior reviewers have been quite critical of the legal principles, implementation and conduct of the International Military Tribunal(IMT). The IMT was not the first proceeding to implement simultaneous interpretation but the method by which this was accomplished is noteworthy. The audioguide tour rightfully focuses on the IMT and there is no doubt that this information is presented through the "lens" of legal representatives of the U.S.,England, France & the U.S.S.R. crafted in the "London Charter" and ratified by 19 other nations.There is ample attention given to the Follow-Up Trials[The Tokyo Trial, Nazi Crimes on Trial, Nuremberg Follow-Up Trials(Doctors' Trials,Lawyers' Trials, etc.)] & how the Germans dealt with the Nazi past.The final past of the exhibit focuses on wars & human rights violations after 1945. There is a particular emphasis on International Criminal Law. The International Criminal Tribunals established by the UN Security Council dealing with crimes committed in the former Yugoslavia in the 1990s & in Rwanda in the mid-1990s are highlighted. There is information given about the International Criminal Court(ICC) in the Hague & Hybrid Tribunals as well.I really enjoyed the information on the IMT & Follow-Up Trials because I thought that the audioguide allowed me to go into whatever level of depth of information that I wanted to glean about a particular aspect of these trials. For example, I was particularly interested in the details of the Doctors' Trial. I thought that the audioguide was quite adequate for the examples presented about post-1945 wars & human rights violations but these topics are much less discrete topics to cover in detail.The "Memorium Nuremberg Trials" would be worth visiting as an English speaking visitor without a guided tour in English and without access into Courtroom 600 because the audioguide tour is quite well done. I was pleased that I was able to make my visit on a day when I was able to add these two "bonuses" to my experiences.I also purchased a publication in English at the main entry desk entitled "Memorium Nuremberg Trials The Exhibition" that I have enjoyed reading. I especially enjoyed reading the text of Robert H. Jackson's address of November 21, 1945. Jackson was the head of the American prosecutor's office.

A real historical landmark with good explanations of the who, what and why of the Nuremburg trials. Good to dedicate a couple of hours to this location.

The exhibition is very detailed with excellent English audio provided. I learnt a lot. Good toilet facilities with a friendly cafe around the corner on the main road.

The court room remains as it was almost during the Nazi era and if you join a tour you will appreciate the terrible sham trails that took place here.

We did the documentation centre yesterday and completed the picture with this museum but it was less compelling than yesterday. Audio guides translate what is written on boards but there is less variation and so board upon board of translation becomes slightly tedious.Court room 600 was open, there were three screens st the front and if busy it may take some time to get your go. To be honest done of what is shown on the screens could have been shown elsewhere in the exhibition. Worth a visit but it is heavy going

In Nuremberg there is proof that evil can be punished it is in Room 600 in the Nuremberg District Court. This was the room where all the war criminals were tried after the war. Photos were on the wall in the lobby, people like Hermann Göring (suicide by potassium cyanide), Rudolf Hess (life sentence), Franz von Papen (Vice-Chancellor under Hitler who was acquitted), Arthur Seyss-Inquart (Austrian Chancellor, Nazi Commissioner, hanged) and Joachim von Ribbentrop (Foreign Minister who was also hanged).The room is still used as a courtroom, but we were lucky that day because there were no cases being tried and we were allowed to sit inside.After the trials the courtroom was refurbished, and is now smaller. A wall that had been removed during the trials in order to create more space was re-erected. In addition, the judges' bench was turned 90 degrees and is no longer situated in front of the window, but stands where the witness box was placed during the trials.It was a strange feeling to sit in such an historic place.Memorium Nuremberg Trials, Bärenschanzstraße 72, 90429 Nuremberg, Germany Tel. +49 (0)911 321 - 79 372, Fax +49 (0)911 321 - 79 373Email: memorium@stadt.nuernberg.deOpening Times: Wed to Mon 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. Last admission 5 p.m. Tue closed,\ Admission costs: Adults, 5.00 EUR; Reductions 3.00 EUR School students in a school party. 1.50 EUR per student Groups of over 15 persons; 4.00 EUR per person Small Group Ticket 15.50 EUR (1 adult and up to 3 children under 18 years); Small Group Ticket 2 10.50 EUR ( 2 adults and up to 3 children under 18 years)

The Nuremberg Trial Courthouse is located in the eastern wing of the Palace of Justice. The room # 600 was once the setting for the international military tribunal against Nazi party's 21 key members such as Rudolf Hess, Hermann Goering and other high ranking officers, doctors, scientists, who were responsible for the murders of millions innocent lives, practicing cruelty, and acts against humanity. The Nuremberg Trials were held in 1945-1949 after the end of WWII. The interior setting of this room had been renovated and furniture arrangement had been changed since the Trial, but is still an active court today. When there is no trial scheduled visitors can go in witness and imagine the intense justice trials which went on for 10 months and the whole world watched. There are pictures and poster stands depicting the trial seating arrangements, pictures of the criminals facing the intensive questions by the appointed international judges, witnesses and survivors. There are museum sections with large screens, audio recordings of the trials and voices from the people involved. The displays are somehow gruesome and might cause ill feeling but they are facts. Two of the actual benches that seated criminals are on the display in front of two large video screens which playing the actual recording of the court scene. The museum has a lots to offer regarding the justice and history of this trial and the acts of tortures and murders by the Nazi's party. I like history, so I made this visit as my top and the main reason why I visited Nuremberg. If you are in Nuremberg for 2 days or more, I suggest you buy the 2-days Nuremberg card for 23 euros, it offers free city zone public transportation and free museum visits. The museum ticket is 5 euros in average, so if you visit 4 of them, which I did, would save the money. Day ticket for the public transits is 5.2 euros, buy it from the bus driver. Museum can be reached by U-bahn line # 1, stop Bärenschanze, to Memorium Nurnberg on 72 Barenstrasse. The place is easily identified by 4 international flags: USA, Britain, France and Russia on the corner of the complex. Go early when this room has fewer visitors. Admission includes the obligatory audio guide. Here is its website info. http://www.memorium-nuremberg.de/exhibition/visitor-information.html#getting-there

Courtroom has changed a little but there is an interactive area with videos that documents the trial well. Definitely worth a stop if you are in Nuremburg.

I liked seeing the courthouse and the museum was ok, provided you don't have a problem with yet essentially one more holocaust museum. It's light on the actual trial events, and certainly doesn't present a correct historical context, in that the trials were shams right from the start with the conclusion forgone. It ignores that the defendants were tortured, their families threatened, etc, you know, the usual "justice" dispensed by the victors of a conflict.It's good to have the location preserved, but it was tough to immerse yourself in it to truly get a feel for what happened. That said, I have a strong bias for TRUE history, in all its unpleasantness and gore, as only in that kind of presentation, where all sides of an issue are explored, do you learn what really occurred at that time and why. IOW, it's a very judgmental presentation.If you have to miss something in Nuremberg, this would be a good thing to miss, though I do think it's worthwhile, especially if you supplement your knowledge of events there with other reading and study.

My wife and I took the optional WWII tour when we visited Nuremberg as part of our Viking River Cruise. Our tour guide took us to Room 600 as the last stop on our tour. We sat on benches in the room, and she told us about the trial of the 21 worst offenders, which included Rudolf Hess and Hermann Goering. She told us about how the room had been changed, where people sat, the outcomes of the trials, etc. There were films to watch on small monitors. We found the whole experience quite interesting, in large part because of the ability of our guide to make it interesting

I went on Saturday at 2PM, they had a English speaking tour. The staff were friendly and the tour guide spoke good English. It was, what it was. It kind of left me with more questions leaving. Than going in. Definitely a interesting part of history, worth seeing. I was told this is still a active courthouse. There is some English. But if You can make the Saturday tour, it might be more of a fulfilling experience.

It's really worth going to the Trial Courthouse. Couldn't go into the Courtroom, but the museum is really interesting and informative. You have to take the subway but it's really easy to get to.

I recommend touring with a guide as we did to learn about the history of the WWII war crime trials. You have to visit on the weekend or a day that court is not in session as this is still a functioning court room.

Very amazing to be able to experience this historic place. We were able to spend as much time as we wanted and the staff was very friendly and excellent.

The courtroom is still in active duty so go on a weekend so you can actually go inside. The audio tour and exhibit were highly educational - lots of information and just eye opening. Unfortunately the battery in the man's audio guide didn't last the distance but I'm sure they would have happily swapped it. I confess I didn't know a lot about the history before I went there but I've certainly learnt a lot since.