Filmmakers for the Prosecution

 To mark November anniversary of Nuremberg Trial, Sandra Schulberg presents FILMMAKERS FOR THE PROSECUTION at Catholic University Law School in Washington DC and University of Minnesota / Duluth

November marks the anniversary of Kristallnacht (November 9, 1938) and the start of the first Nuremberg trial (November 20, 1945).

November marks the anniversary of Kristallnacht (November 9, 1938) and the start of the first Nuremberg trial (November 20, 1945). The persecution of Jews in Germany didn’t begin with the looting and burning of synagogues and shops on Kristallnacht, but they marked a deadly turning point that led ultimately to the campaign to annihilate the Jews of Europe under the Nazi regime. Tragically, the issues of persecution and war crimes are still very much with us.

Prosecuting Crimes Against Humanity & Crimes Against the Peace
The International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg (IMT), which began November 20, 1945, serves as a landmark in the history of the rule of law — the first attempt to prosecute “Crimes Against Humanity,” as well as to define and prosecute the “Crime of Aggression,” also known as “Crimes Against Peace — the illegal use of armed force and the very act of making war.

Using Motion Pictures to Convict the Nazis — Another First
The IMT marked another milestone — the use of motion pictures as a form of legal evidence — as depicted in Jean-Christophe Klotz’s thrilling documentary, FILMMAKERS FOR THE PROSECUTION. adapted from my monogram and co-produced with wonderful colleagues at Zadig Productions and ARTE,

John Ford’s OSS unit — including my uncle Budd Schulberg and father Stuart Schulberg — uncovered Nazi film that they assembled and showed in the Nuremberg courtroom, along with footage shot by the Allied camera teams who documented the liberation of the concentration camps. These indelible images continue to shape our view of what came to be known as the Holocaust.

Sandra Schulberg Personal Appearances in November
I’ve been invited to speak about the work of the OSS film unit and to show Jean-Christophe’s film at events in Washington DC and Duluth MN that are FREE to the public.

Monday, November 6, 2023, 4pm
Screening “Filmmakers for the Prosecution”
Walter A. Slowinski Courtroom
Columbus School of Law
Catholic University of America 
3600 John McCormick Road, NE
Washington DC 20064
Followed by discussion with Sandra Schulberg
Eli Rosenbaum, Counselor for War Crimes Accountability,
U.S. Department of Justice
The Honorable Andreas Michaelis, 
German Ambassador to the United States
Sponsored by the German Embassy of the United States
Register Here

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Tuesday, November 14, 2023, 7pm
Screening “Filmmakers for the Prosecution”
Solon Campus Center, Room 120
University of Minnesota / Duluth
1117 University Drive
Duluth, MN 55812
Followed by discussion with Sandra Schulberg,
moderated by Prof. Natalie Belsky
Sponsored by Baeumler-Kaplan 
Holocaust Commemoration Committee 
No Registration Required

New Kino Lorber DVD
FILMMAKERS FOR THE PROSECUTION is now in release through Kino Lorber along with my father’s film, NUREMBERG: ITS LESSON FOR TODAY, now combined in a wonderful new DVD, which can be purchased below.

The DVD also includes invaluable bonus interviews with scholars Michael Berenbaum, Annette Insdorf, and Stuart Liebman.

Get the 2 films + 3 bonus interviews on 1 DVD

Streaming via Kino Lorber
You can also see the films online, thanks to Kino Lorber’s streaming service, which can be accessed HERE.

Stream FILMMAKERS FOR THE PROSECUTION on Kino NowStream FILMMAKERS FOR THE PROSECUTION on other platformsStream NUREMBERG on Kino Now

Please spread the word about these screenings.

Thank you so much!
Sandra

PS: I wish to thank Prof. Charles Musser of Yale University for having invited me to speak to his Holocaust Film Studies class and show the film on Thursday, October 26, 2023, sponsored by the Fortunoff Video Archive, Whitney Humanities Center, Yale Program for the Study of Antisemitism, and the Film and Media Studies Program.

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