Lawyers Without Rights: Jewish Lawyers in Germany under the Third Reich—July 1st-Sept. 30th 2014

More than 70 years after its horrors unfolded, the Holocaust still has stories to reveal and lessons to share.

One of those stories is how the Nazi regime in Germany issued a decree
in March 1933 that limited and ultimately barred all Jewish judges,
public prosecutors and lawyers access to the courts.  The exhibition,
Lawyers Without Rights: Jewish Lawyers in Germany under the Third Reich,
reflects a time in Germany when individual rights and the rule of law
were utterly neglected.  Many non-Jewish German lawyers in those days
kept silent.  There was no real resistance.  Most of them did not even
try to help their colleagues. 

This compelling, international exhibit will be shown at the John Joseph
Moakley U.S.Courthouse from July 1 through September 30.  The Vilna
Shul is pleased to support this exhibtion presented by the German
Federal Bar in conjunction with the American Bar Association.

Group tour reservations will be available in the coming weeks via the Vilna Shul website. 

For more information on the exhibit and upcoming programs, please visit http://www.lawyerswithoutrights.com