The Trials at Nuremberg, 1945-1949

American prosecutors at Nuremberg, faced with a legal challenge for which there was no precedent, turned to the familiar principles of the New Deal for guidance, forever redefining human rights and the United States’ vision for the world. International human rights historian Elizabeth Borgwardt examines how New Dealers at Nuremberg established a new definition of human rights, one that inextricably links international security to individual civil liberties, and that still underpins human rights efforts around the globe today.

Elizabeth Borgwardt, author of the prize-winning A New Deal for the World: America's Vision for Human Rights, specializes in the history of human rights, international law and the international history of modern America. Associate professor of history at Washington University in St. Louis, has received multiple teaching awards and was a Fulbright Distinguished Lecturer at the Heidelberg Center for American Studies during spring 2008. Dr. Borgwardt is also a Distinguished Lecturer for the Organization of American Historians.