1NAZI GERMANY - UN CHARTER & UDHR

NAZI GERMANY - UN CHARTER AND THE UDHR

There are nine posts in this series on Nazi Germany. Each post touches briefly on the subject given that there are already numerous research papers, articles and books, covering each topic in depth. Many links are included in each post. For the reasoning behind writing these posts, read the Introduction HERE.

0 INTRODUCTION - Why this Series of Posts?

1 UN CHARTER & UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS - Why WWII Drove The Creation Of The UDHR.

2 EUGENICS, RACIAL PURITY AND PERSECUTION - The US Influenced Nazi Germany's Eugenics Program. A Snapshot of the Diverse Groups Persecuted and Imprisoned in Concentration Camps. The Nuremberg Trial, Which Dealt With Racial Purity - RuSHA (USA vs. Ulrich Greifelt et al).
3 FORCED AND SLAVE LABOUR - Without Forced and Slave Labour the Nazi War Machine would have Collapsed and Brought the War to an Abrupt End. A Brief History of Forced and Slave Labour Before, During and After World War II. Details of The Nuremberg Trials for German Industrialists - Flick, Krupp and IG Farben.
4 FORCED PROSTITUTION, SEXUAL VIOLENCE AND RAPE - Sexual Crimes Were Not Tried at Nuremberg even though There Were Established Laws Condemning These Crimes. Information About Nazi Military Brothels and Concentration Camp Brothels. Evidence and Testimonies from Witnesses. Both Axis and Allied Forces were Guilty of Sexual Violence and Rape.

5 NAZI DOCTORS EXPERIMENTS AND TRIALS - The Nazi Doctors' Nuremberg Trial and Details of Their Experiments. Names of Nazi Doctors who Escaped Prosecution. Information about Post War Unethical Experiments Without Informed Consent, in the USA, Russia, South Africa and Israel.

6 STERILIZATION AND EUTHANASIA PROGRAMS - Life “Unworthy of Life” A Brief History of the Sterilization and the Euthanasia Programs and German Public Opposition. Using Cost Benefits Analysis in Nazi Medicine to Educate Children.
7 WORLD WAR II BY DESIGN – THE ECONOMY AND FOREIGN INVESTORS - An Important Component of Nazi Germany's War Infrastructure. Brief History of the German Economy and Hermann Goering's Four Year Plan. Role of Jewish Public Protests and their Boycott of German Goods in 1933 and Germany's Retaliatory Actions. The Real Role of Neutral Countries During the War. Post War Looting of German Patents, Cover Up of German Research on Tobacco and Cancer and the Removal/Kidnap of Nazi Experts to Allied Countries. The Role of Foreign Subsidiaries/Investors before and during World War II in Germany.
8 UNWCC (UNITED NATIONS WAR CRIMES COMMISSION) LAW REPORTS - The UNWCC prepared and published a 15 volume set of law reports covering 89 War Crimes Trials From World War II. This post contains links to all of these law reports and a list of the cases in each volume. Some information on CROWCASS (Central Registry of War Criminals and Security Suspects).

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WHY WORLD WAR II CAUSED THE CREATION OF THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS?

A good starting point for this series of posts is Adolf Hitler's own words and thoughts, before World War II. Why? We need to know who educated him and influenced him, including which foreigners.

Mein Kampf (PDF) by Adolf Hitler in English
Zweites Buch (Secret Book) (PDF) by Adolf Hitler in English
The Zweites Buch is an unedited transcript of Adolf Hitler's thoughts on foreign policy written in 1928; it was written after Mein Kampf and was never published in his lifetime. The authenticity of this book has been verified by Josef Berg (former employee of the Nazi publishing house Eher Verlag), and Telford Taylor (former Brigadier General U.S.A.R., and Chief Counsel at the Nuremberg war-crimes trials) who, after an analysis made in 1961, commented: "If Hitler's book of 1928 is read against the background of the intervening years , it should interest not scholars only, but the general reader.

KEY EVENTS LEADING TO END OF WORLD WAR II

World War II Timeline
On 7 May 1945 Germany agreed to an unconditional surrender. On 6 and 9 August 1945 two atomic bombs (Little Boy and Fat Man) were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. On 14 August 1945, Japan Agreed to an unconditional surrender.

THE UNITED NATIONS CHARTER

The United Nations Charter is the treaty that established the United Nations. It was signed at the UN Conference on International Organization in San Francisco, California, USA on 26 June 1945, by 50 of the 51 original member countries (Poland was not represented at the conference and signed it later). On 24 October 1945, it entered into force after being ratified by the five permanent members of the Security Council — the Republic of China, France, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics the United Kingdom, and the United States.

As a charter, it is a constituent treaty, and all members are bound by its articles. The Charter states that obligations to the United Nations prevail over all other treaty obligations. Most countries in the world have now ratified the Charter. One notable exception is the Holy See, which has chosen to remain a permanent observer state. Full Text of UN Charter HERE

Article 1 of the Charter includes

(2) To develop friendly relations among nations based on respect for the principle of equal rights and self-determination of peoples, and to take other appropriate measures to strengthen universal peace;

(3) To achieve international co-operation in solving international problems of an economic, social, cultural, or humanitarian character, and in promoting and encouraging respect for human rights and for fundamental freedoms for all without distinction as to race, sex, language, or religion;

THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS (UDHR)

When it became apparent after World War II what atrocities had been committed by Nazi Germany, the overwhelming consensus within the world community was that the United Nations Charter did not sufficiently Define The Rights Of Individuals. It was therefore decided to establish a universal declaration which clearly specified these human rights in detail.

>>>> Go To This Post For Numerous UDHR Translations:
UDHR (Universal Declaration Of Human Rights) in Arabic, Czech, Chinese (Mandarin), English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian & Spanish - Also Includes links to 359 translations of the UDHR. <<<<

On 10 December 1948, the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted and proclaimed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. After this historic event, the Assembly called upon all Member countries to publicize the text of the Declaration and "to cause it to be disseminated, displayed, read and expounded principally in schools and other educational institutions, without distinction based on the political status of countries or territories."

The 30 articles of the UDHR have led to the establishment of numerous international treaties, regional human rights instruments, national constitutions and laws.

We know today, various countries, businesses and individuals are ignoring the existence of the UDHR and many human rights laws.

UDHR - Article 30 Nothing in this Declaration may be interpreted as implying for any State, group or person any right to engage in any activity or to perform any act aimed at the destruction of any of the rights and freedoms set forth herein.

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PREVIOUS JUSTICE WILL BE SERVED POSTS LINKED TO THIS TOPIC

Human Rights - All The Links
AA-1177 Identifies The Lies, Deception and Double Standards in a Democracy and Elsewhere....

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Ten Most Wanted/Presumed Alive Nazi War Criminals
Published by Israel's Simon Wiesenthal Centre (Current/Assumed Location) & The Telegraph (UK)

Alois Brunner (Syria) / Dr. Aribert Heim (Egypt) / Dr Sandor Kepiro (Hungary) / Milivoj Ašner (Austria) / Soeren Kam (Germany) / Heinrich Boere (Germany) / Karoly (Charles) Zentai (Australia) / Mikhail Gorshkow (Estonia) / Algimantas Dailide (Germany) / Harry Mannil (Venezuela)

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