To wrap up our time in Nuremberg we learned about the follow-up trials to the International Military Tribunal. What I found really interesting were the trials on the doctors who performed medical experiments. I hadn't realized prior to today the implications that the Holocaust had on the medical profession, which relates to me directly because I want to be a doctor in the future. Now I realize that the Holocaust and the medical experiments set the precedent for giving a patient adequate information and receiving consent before engaging in medical trials.
Next we visited the Nazi Rally Grounds where the SS, SA, Hitler and thousands of other Nazis would gather every year to celebrate the Nazi party. We saw the balcony where Hitler used to address the people (and we also saw a woman pose for a picture on the balcony which raised some questions). It struck me as strange that people were sitting on the slabs of stone that former concentration camp prisoners had made and these people seemed to have no idea where they were. They were laughing, drinking beer, or taking pictures seemingly without taking into consideration that thousands of Nazis had rallied there 70 years before. This made me think about what should be done with other sites like this that have historical importance in the context of the Holocaust.