Ngu-Elliott Adams, WarIsACrime.org
I-6 kaJuni yafika kwakhona. I-D-day yayikudala kwaye andizange ndizimisele ukwenza nantoni na. Ndothuswa kukuphazamiseka kweemvakalelo endandiziva, yindlela endandiziva ngayo ngaloo mini emathunjini am. Ndabona ukuba ngoxa mna ndazalwa emva kokuphela kwemfazwe, iD-day neMfazwe Yehlabathi II zaziyinxalenye yokwenene nebambekayo yobuntwana bam. Yayiyinxalenye yobomi bosapho lwam, ootishala bam bahlala, abahlobo bam ubomi bomzali. Yayingengobantu abadala kuphela ababeyikhumbula, wonke umntu omdala ebutsheni bam wayenamabali aloo mfazwe. Ngabantu abanqunyulwe imilenze kwiikona zezitrato bethengisa iipensile kwaye abantu abandingqongileyo basajongene nayo. Yayiyinxalenye yobomi bam kwaye yadlala indima ekubhaliseni kwam ukuya eVietnam. Ewe bendiyiva le mini emathunjini am. Kwakutheni ukuze ndicinge ukuba kuya kuba ngenye indlela?
Amabali ayeyinxalenye yehlabathi endakhulela kulo; amabali ka-D-day, kuyo yonke iarhente yokuchasana nobuntlola unyaka wonke esithi uhlaselo lokuqala luya kuba yintlupheko, ye-phantom 1st Army eneetanki zokukhohlisa, incoko yerediyo yobuxoki kunye neentente ezingenanto ezijongeka njengomkhosi olungele ukuhlasela okuzayo, ye I-Omaha Beach, yase-Utah Beach. Ukufa, iimpazamo zasemkhosini, iziqhwala, impumelelo, “ukufunyanwa” kweenkampu zoxinaniso, iMfazwe yaseBulge, la mabali ayebambekayo kwaye eyinxalenye yobuntwana bam. Amabali amaninzi ebebaliswa emva kokuba ndilele, kwisidlo sakusasa kuthethwe ngokuzolileyo ngabazali bam, kwaye thina bantwana saxelelwa ukuba singaze sibuze abantu abadala ngabo.
Ngoko ke yintoni ilifa leWWII? Kubantu ababendijikelezile ebutsheni bam yayingeyomini ye-D okanye usuku lwe-VE okanye usuku lwe-VJ. Ezo yayiziimpawu nje zesiqabu, zovuyo, zokuba imfazwe yayiza kuphela. Imfazwe yayingalwelwanga nje ukuphumelela emfazweni. Hayi, abantu abadala bobutsha bam babesazi ukuba kukho umba omkhulu ngakumbi - singayigcina njani le nto ingaphindi yenzeke? Ngokwamava abo, ihlabathi lalingenakukwazi ukuphila ngenye imfazwe yehlabathi, kwaye lalingenakukwazi ukumelana nenye imfazwe kwaphela. Ilifa leMfazwe Yehlabathi II lalingumbuzo wendlela esiqinisekisa ngayo ukuba i-crazy elandelayo, i-despot elandelayo, isizwe esilandelayo esihlaselayo asiqali enye imfazwe.
AMazwe Amanyeneyo axoxa ngale nto. UStalin wayekholelwa ukuba sifanele sithabathe ezona nkokeli ziphilayo zamaNazi ezingama-50,000 30 size sizibulale. Oko bekuya kuthumela umyalezo ocacileyo kungekuphela nje kwiintloko zombuso, kodwa nakubantu abenze umsebenzi wokuphumeza ubundlavini babo. UChurchill, owathi ngempazamo akazange achukunyiswe kukufa kwabantu abazizigidi ezingama-5,000 eMpuma Front, wayecinga ukuba uStalin wayezibaxa izinto. UChurchill ucebise ukuba ukubulawa kweenkokeli ezingama-XNUMX zamaNazi kuya kuba kukufa okwaneleyo ukwenza abo banokuxhasa izenzo zemfazwe zelizwe elinobundlongondlongo bacinge kabini. UTruman wacinga ukuba sifuna umthetho, ukuba kufuneka siqinisekise ukuba ezi zenzo zemfazwe zizenzo zolwaphulo-mthetho nokuba abantu banokulindela ukutshutshiswa ngenxa yazo. Ngaloo ndlela kwasekwa iiNkundla zaseNuremberg. INkundla yaseTokyo yalandela, kodwa yaba yiNuremberg eyabeka umgangatho yaza yaseka umthetho.
URobert H. Jackson, iJaji yeNkundla Ephakamileyo yaseUnited States eyathabatha imvume yokuba ngumakhi oyintloko weNkundla yaseNuremberg, ngoAgasti 12, 1945 wathi: “Simele siwacacisele amaJamani ukuba ubugwenxa obubangelwa ziinkokeli zawo eziwileyo. ematyaleni ayikokuba boyisiwe emfazweni, kodwa kukuba bayiqala. Kwaye akufuneki sizivumele ukuba sitsalelwe kulingo lwezizathu zemfazwe, kuba imeko yethu yeyokuba akukho zikhalazo okanye imigaqo-nkqubo iya kuthethelela ukubhenela kwimfazwe enogonyamelo. Iyaliwe ngokupheleleyo kwaye igwetywe njengesixhobo somgaqo-nkqubo. " Le, hayi i-D-day, yile nto abantu bobutsha bam bathetha ngayo. Eli yayililifa lemfazwe, le yayiyeyona nto iphakamileyo eyenza ukuba umzamo wemfazwe uxabiseke.
Ndandisandula ukuthetha nabathile base-US Airmen kwaye bafumanisa ukuba babengazi ukuba yintoni na iNkundla yaseNuremberg, nangona ndibakhuthaza ukuba baqhube njengeWWII kunye nezilingo. Ngaba kunokwenzeka ukuba emva kwalo lonke elo gazi kunye negazi, ilifa elihlala lihleli, ukushwankathelwa kweWWII eyalwelwa ilahlekile? Siphulukene nabantu bakuthi ngeyunifomu.
Ukulungiselela iinkundla zamatyala amaMbumba aManyeneyo apasisa uMqulu waseNuremberg. Oku kwamisela inkqubo yamatyala kunye nolwaphulo-mthetho oluya kutshutshiswa. Bekungayi kubakho impindezelo kubulawa isishwankathelo. Inkqubo eyamiselwayo yayiyeyovavanyo olunobulungisa noluvulelekileyo apho ummangalelwa ngamnye wayethathwa ngokuba akanatyala de afunyanwe enetyala ngaphandle kwamathandabuzo afanelekileyo, enelungelo lokubonisa ubungqina bokuzithethelela. I-Charter yaseNuremberg yaqhubela phambili ukuseka ulwaphulo-mthetho oluya kutshutshiswa, ngoko ke sinamagama aqhelekileyo kuthi namhlanje, njengamatyala emfazwe, ulwaphulo-mthetho oluchasene noluntu, kunye nolwaphulo-mthetho oluchasene noxolo.
Yayiyinjongo yeNkundla YaseNuremberg ukwenza ukuqalisa imfazwe ngokungekho mthethweni yaye kutshutshiswe, nokucwangcisa imfazwe yobundlongondlongo yayilulwaphulo-mthetho. Imithetho emitsha esekwe yiNuremberg yashwankathelwa kwiMigaqo esixhenxe yaseNuremberg, phakathi kwayo ukuba umongameli okanye intloko yelizwe elizimeleyo ayikho ngaphezu komthetho, kwaye unokuzama ulwaphulo-mthetho lwemfazwe, ulwaphulo-mthetho oluchasene noluntu kunye nolwaphulo-mthetho oluchasene noxolo. Ukuza kuthi ga ngelo xesha babejongwa ngokubanzi njengomthetho, okanye ngokuchane ngakumbi babegqalwa njengomthetho, ngaloo ndlela babengenakugwetyelwa. Umgaqo IV uthi ukuba uthatha inxaxheba kulwaphulo-mthetho lwemfazwe, awungekhe ukhululwe butyala ngokubanga ukuba usandula ukulandela imiyalelo; ukuba ubuyinxalenye yolwaphulo-mthetho lwemfazwe ungatshutshiswa. Le migaqo mibini iyodwa itshintshe kakhulu ithemba lamagosa kunye nabasebenzi belizwe elinobundlobongela kwaye ngethemba lokuba iya kugcina iinkokeli ezikhohlakeleyo ekuqaliseni iimfazwe kunye nabaphantsi kwazo ukuba bahambe nazo.
Ekuvulweni kweNkundla yaseNuremberg ngoNovemba 10, 1945, uRobert H. Jackson, uMtshutshisi OyiNtloko waseUnited States kwiNkundla, ekwikhefu kwiNkundla Ephakamileyo yaseUnited States, wathi “Ilungelo lokuvula ityala lokuqala embalini lolwaphulo-mthetho oluchasene noxolo lwelizwe. ihlabathi libeka imbopheleleko enzulu. Iziphoso esifuna ukuzigweba nezohlwaya zibaliwe, zikhohlakele, kwaye zitshabalalisa, kangangokuba impucuko ayinakukunyamezela ukungahoywa kwabo, kuba ayinakusinda ekuphindaphindweni kwabo. Into yokuba iintlanga ezine ezinkulu, ezikhukuliswe luloyiso yaye zihlatywe kukwenzakala zigcina isandla sempindezelo zize ngokuzithandela zizinikele iintshaba zazo ezithinjiweyo ekugwetyweni ngumthetho sesinye sezona mbeko zibalulekileyo aMandla akhe azinika iNgqiqo.”
Ukubuyela kuJuni 6 kunye nokuba kuthetha ukuthini, amagqala kunye nabantu endikhule nabo emthunzini weMfazwe Yehlabathi II abazange bathethe ngokuphumelela enye imfazwe, bakholelwa ukuba ihlabathi alikwazi ukusinda kwenye imfazwe - bathetha ngeNuremberg, ukuba yintoni na. kwakuthetha kunye nethemba elaziswa yiNuremberg. Njengoko sikhumbula loo mini, i-D-day, masingayeki ukujonga ukuba bonke obo bomi balahleka ngantoni, kwinto eyenziwa ngabantu ababephila ngaloo mfazwe ukugcina isibetho semfazwe singaphinde sitshabalalise ihlabathi lethu kwakhona. Yenza umhla we-6 kaJuni ibe lusuku lwakho lokufunda kwiNkundla yaseNuremberg. Khangela i-Charter yaseNuremberg (ekwabizwa ngokuba yi-London Charter), iNkundla yaseNuremberg kwaye mhlawumbi okona kubaluleke kakhulu, iMigaqo yaseNuremberg. Kuya kuba kuphosakele, hayi kuya kuba kubi kunokuba kungalunganga, ukuba sivumele ukulahleka kwezigidi ezingama-72 zobomi, intlungu, kunye nentshabalalo eyenziwe yiMfazwe Yehlabathi II ukuba ibe lilize ngokulibala kwethu ngeNuremberg.
U-Elliot Adams lilungu leVeterans For Peace (VFP) elivela kwi-New York State kunye nomongameli odlulileyo weBhodi yeSizwe ye-VFP.
