Records relating to the statute of limitations on Nazi war crimes
Extent and Medium
folder
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Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
The letters and other documents were collected by Judge Jess Nathan during 1964 and 1965 while serving as chairman of the National Committee Against Nazi Criminals and Nazism in America. Copies of the documents were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives in Dec. 1986.
Scope and Content
Consists of copies of letters and legal documents relating to the attempts of Judge Jess Nathan to extend the statute of limitations against Nazi war criminals in March 1965. Also included is information concerning the efforts of Christian religious leaders in southern California to have the statute of limitations changed.
System of Arrangement
Arrangement is thematic
People
- Benda.
- Peterson, Paul C. R.
- Wiesenthal, Simon.
- Kuntz.
- Nathan, Jess.
- Brandt, Willy, 1913-
- Lilje, Hanns, 1899-
Subjects
- War crimes.
- Los Angeles (Calif.)
- Protestants.
- Christianity and other religions--Judaism.
- Anti-fascist movements.
- Vienna (Austria)
- Bonn (Germany)
- Judaism--Relations--Christianity.
- War crime trials
Genre
- Document
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