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ARutgersjournalwillputrareNurembergdocumentsonline.A
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ByEdwardColimore
INQUIRERSTAFFWRITER

Pagenotfound

Thefragile,typewrittendocumentsfrom
the1940slayouttheNaziplaningrim
detail:

Weresorry,thepageyou

Takeoverthechurchesfromwithin,
usingpartysympathizers.Discredit,jail
orkillChristianleaders.Andre
indoctrinatethecongregants.Givethem
anewfaithinGermany'sThirdReich.

RaymanSolomon,Rutgerslawschooldean,with
papersfromNuremberg.(AprilSaul/Inquirer)

Morethanahalfcenturyago,confidentialU.S.governmentreportsontheNazi
planswerepreparedfortheInternationalMilitaryTribunalatNurembergand
willbeavailableonlineforfreestartingtomorrowsomeofthemforthefirst
time.
Theseraredocumentsintheiroriginalform,somewithhandwrittenscrawls
acrossthemarepartofanonlinelegaljournalpublishedbystudentsofthe
RutgersUniversitySchoolofLawatCamden.
"WhenpeoplethinkabouttheHolocaust,theythinkaboutthecrimesagainst
Jews,buthere'sadifferentperspective,"saidJulieSeltzerMandel,athirdyear
lawstudentwhoiseditoroftheNurembergProjectfortheRutgersJournalof
LawandReligion.
"Alotofpeoplewillsay,'Ididn'trealizethattheyweretryingtoconvert
ChristianstoaNaziphilosophy.'...TheywantedtoeliminatetheJews
altogether,buttheywerealsolookingtoeliminateChristianity."
MandelsaidthejournalwouldpostnewNurembergdocumentsabouteverysix
months,alongwithcommentaryfromscholarsacrosstheworld,onitsWebsite
atwww.lawandreligion.com.
ThematerialispartofthearchivesofGen.WilliamJ.Donovan,whoservedas

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specialassistanttotheU.S.chiefofcounselduringtheInternationalMilitary
TribunalafterWorldWarII.Thetrialswereconvenedtoholdaccountablethose
responsibleforwarcrimes.

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Thefirstinstallmenta120pagereporttitled"TheNaziMasterPlan:The
PersecutionoftheChristianChurches"waspreparedbytheOfficeofStrategic
Services,aforerunneroftheCIA.
"ImportantleadersoftheNationalSocialistpartywouldhavelikedtomeetthis
situation[churchinfluence]bycompleteextirpationofChristianityandthe
substitutionofapurelyracialreligion,"saidanOSSreportinJuly1945."The
bestevidencenowavailableastotheexistenceofanantiChurchplanistobe
foundinthesystematicnatureofthepersecutionitself.
"Differentstepsinthatpersecution,suchasthecampaignforthesuppressionof
denominationalandyouthorganizations,thecampaignagainstdenominational
schools,thedefamationcampaignagainsttheclergy,startedonthesamedayin
thewholeareaoftheReich...andweresupportedbytheentireregimented
press,byNaziPartymeetings,bytravelingpartyspeakers."
Asecondonlinejournalpostingtobeaddedinaboutsixmonthswill
spotlightasecretOSSdocument,"MiscellaneousMemorandaonWar
Criminals,"abouttheeffortsofvariouscountriestobringNazistojustice.
Athirdinstallmenttobeincludedinthejournalinayearfocuseson
translated,confidentialNazidocuments.Amessagesentduringthe
Kristallnacht("NightofBrokenGlass")pogromofNovember1938istitled
"MeasuresToBeTakenAgainstJewsTonight."Authoritiesweregivenspecific
instructions:"Jewishshopsandhomesmaybedestroyed,butnotlooted....
Foreigners,evenifJewish,willnotbemolested."
Mandel,whose80yearoldgrandmotherisasurvivoroftheAuschwitz
concentrationcamp,saidthatallowingthepublicaccesstosuchdocumentation
is"phenomenal."
"Someofthepaperswillanswerquestionsthatscholarshavebeenaskingfor
years,"saidMandel,29,ofBerlinBorough,CamdenCounty."Whatdidwe
know?Whendidweknowit?"
ThedocumentsarepartofthecollectionoftheCornellUniversitySchoolof
Lawlibrary,whichhasabout150boundvolumesofNurembergtrialtranscripts
andmaterials.Theyarehousedattheschoolandarebeingcataloged.
"Gen.Donovankeptextensive,detailedrecordsofNaziatrocities,"saidMandel,
whotaughtatTritonHighSchoolinRunnemedeandatShawneeHighSchool
inMedford,wheresheledacourseon"LiteratureoftheHolocaust."
SheandotherjournaleditorsDanielBahk,ChristopherElliott,RossEnders
andJessicaPlattexaminedhundredsofdocumentsatCornellbeforechoosing
thosetobepostedonthejournalsite."Theprojectcouldnotbepublishedina
conventionaljournalwithoutlosingtheinternationalaccessibilitythatit
demands,"saidRaymanSolomon,deanoftheSchoolofLaw."Thisstudent
initiativewillmakeasignificantcontributiontolegalhistoryscholarshipwhile
beingofgreatinterestandimportancetothegeneralpublic,especiallyatthis
timeinourhistory."
GregBaxter,marketingeditorofthejournalandathirdyearRutgerslaw
student,saidtheonlineprojectwas"definitelypertinentinlightoftheSept.11
terroristattack"andBushadministrationplanstoholdamilitarytribunaltotry
theaccused.

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"TheNurembergtrialsprovideaframeworkfortoday'strials,"saidBaxter,24,
ofWinslow,CamdenCounty.
EdwardColimore'semailaddressisecolimore@phillynews.com.

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