- Lecture - outbreak of WWII
- Lecture - Conclusion of WWII
- Read - Reilly (on Treblinka & Rape of Nanking)
- Assign - three-page essay (see below - due Monday May 9th)
Analyze the development of the concept of "war crimes" during the twentieth century. Explain how earlier customs were codified as law at the Hague and Geneva Conventions, which then led to the prosecutions of Nazi and Japanese officers during the Nuremberg and Tokyo trials.
