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nJames Tenney Brand was an Oregon lawyer, circuit judge, and Oregon Supreme Court justice. In 1946 President Truman appointed Brand to serve as a judge on the military tribunal in which high ranking German judges and officials of the German Ministry of Justice were prosecuted in Nuremberg, Germany for their war crimes. Brand served as the presiding judge of the year-long trial. n n nn nThat war crimes prosecution inspired the popular 1961 movie, Judgment at Nuremberg. Brands powerful performance in the Nuremberg prosecution is thought to have been the inspiration for Spencer Tracys movie portrayal of Judge Dan Haywood. n n nn nBrand was born in Oberlin, Ohio, to one of the citys most powerful ministers and a mother descended from two governors of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. The book traces Brands storied legal career revealing his powerful intellect and legal acumen that served him well on Nurembergs world stage.n n nn nPaul J. DeMuniz, a former chief justice of the Oregon Supreme Court, provides expert analysis of the American Armys war crimes evidence, the defendants response to that evidence, and Brands important role in rendering judgment on each defendant. The books account of the evils inflicted on the world by Nazi Germany, also serves as a modern reminder of the malevolence of totalitarianism in any form. n nn
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Brand: Paul J. Demuniz
