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Senator Dodd Traces Roots to Nuremberg Tribunal
December 17, 2008
Connecticut's Senator Christopher J. Dodd visited Nuremberg, following in the footsteps of his father, Thomas Dodd. Thomas Dodd was a prosecutor at the Nuremberg War Crimes Tribunal. Senator Dodd wrote a book in 2007 about his father's time in Nuremberg but had never been there himself. Accompanied by Consul General Eric Nelson he visited the places where his father lived while in Nuremberg and toured the Palace of Justice and the Courtroom 600, the site of the trials. The trials of the main World War II war criminals began on November 20, 1945. The courtroom in the Nuremberg Palace of Justice had been specially converted for this purpose. The verdicts in the International Tribunal set a milestone in the history of international law.Middle Franconia Revisited
July 24, 2008
The Albert Schweitzer Gymnasium in Erlangen, Middle Franconia, welcomed Consul General Eric Nelson for a talk on the upcoming U.S. election. In the Q&A following the lecture, Consul General Nelson briefed 90 students and their teachers and distributed information material. While in Middle Franconia, Consul General Nelson also met in Nuremberg with Dr. Albert Maximilian Schmid, President of the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees.
The Wedding Miracle
March 14, 2008
It all began with a dream. U.S. Ambassador William R. Timken and his wife Sue collaborated with PluralArts and the Ernst-Schering Oberschule in the Berlin district Wedding to bring to the stage a multilingual musical production developed and performed by students of the Ernst-Schering Oberschule. The musical features a wide variety of musical and dance styles and is a lively examination of life in Wedding as seen through the eyes of its young residents.
Ambassador Timken In Rothenburg
December 9, 2007
Ambassador Timken delivered a keynote speech on "220 Years of the U.S. Constitution -- Old and New Challenges of Democratic Societies" in Rothenburg ob der Tauber during a festive event celebrating the U.S. Constitution co-hosted by the German-American Society of West Middle Franconia and the city. An audience of over 300 representatives of business, culture and politics, as well as citizens involved in German-American friendship activities, heard the Ambassador's message on the legacy of the U.S. Constitution and its importance in the context of modern challenges such as the war on terror.
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