December 7, 2001
For Immediate Release
Media Contact: Evelyne Girardet
(312) 573-4646

Latin School Students to Simulate Nuremberg Trials

The Latin School of Chicago will be holding its annual simulation of the Nuremberg Trials on Sunday, December 9, in the Richard J. Daley Center beginning at 8:15 a.m. The entire proceedings are expected to take approximately 12 hours.

It is the 22nd consecutive year that upper school students at Latin have participated in the mock trials. The day-long project is the final exam for the school’s unique Nazi Mind class. In this advanced-level course students learn the history of the Nazi era, examine the meaning of the period, and explore some of the deeper questions raised by the Holocaust.
This year, about 50 students will participate in the proceedings. The students play all parts in the historic trials against Joachim von Ribbentrop, Herman Goering and other Nazi war criminals. Current and former students will act as judges.

More than 1,000 Latin students have taken part in the simulation since 1979. Many are expected to return to observe this year. Alumni and parents are also invited.
For more information contact: Academic Dean Ingrid Dorer Fitzpatrick at (312) 573-4571 or Evelyne Girardet (312) 573-4646 or (773) 529-6918 (weekends and evenings).

*For security purposes photo identification is required to enter the Daley Center.