Courtroom 600 - Project "Memorial Nuremberg Trials"
Project History and Organisation
- In May 2000, Nuremberg Municipal Museums first started offering regular conducted tours.
There is major public interest in this court room, which over 60 years ago was the origin of international criminal jurisdiction. The historical venue is still used for trials by the Upper Regional Court. In May 2000, Nuremberg Municipal Museums together with the Bavarian judicial authorities opened Court Room 600 for the first time for regular public guided tours, at weekends only. Since then, visitor numbers have continually increased from 3,600 in 2000 to nearly 20,000 in 2007. In addition, an estimated 20,000 visitors per year visit Court Room 600 during the week in organised groups.
The new permanent exhibition will provide information on the history, the course and the repercussions of the trial. As a new information and documentation centre, the Memorial is intended to fill a "memorial gap" in Germany. For after all, the Nuremberg Trials were the starting point for all legal proceedings dealing with the criminal Nazi regime, and the meticulously collected evidence has provided an important source for research on contemporary history.
Project Advisory Council
The members of the Project Advisory Council for the Memorial Nuremberg Trials are:
Prof. Dr. Manfred Görtemaker, University of Potsdam
Dr. Matthias Henkel, Director of nuremberg municipal museums
Prof. Dr. Klaus Kastner, Friedrich Alexander University of Erlangen-Nürnberg
Dr. Wolfgang Stäbler, State Department for Non-State Museums, Munich
Dr. Peter März, Bavarian State Centre for Political Education
Prof. Dr. Christoph Safferling, Philipps University Marburg
