Bearing Witness in the Nuremberg Era: ‘An Irish Governess, Miss Mary O’Shaughnessy’

A public lecture by Prof Diane Marie Amann (University of Georgia) organised by the School of Law.

It is a little known fact that many hundreds of women professionals contributed to the post-World War II trials at Nuremberg and elsewhere in Europe and Asia. Women’s roles included lawyer, interpreter, analyst, journalist—nearly every job title except judge. Focusing on women witnesses, this talk spotlights one with an Irish link: Mary O’Shaughnessy, a governess in prewar France, wartime Résistante, and Ravensbrück camp survivor who testified in Hamburg at the first British military trial of camp personnel.

Join us as Professor Diane Marie Amann, Regents' Professor of International Law and Emily & Ernest Woodruff Chair in International Law at the University of Georgia, School of Law, presents her ongoing research on the Women of Nuremberg in this installment of the Dublin International Law Seminar. The event is sponsored by the School of Law at Trinity College Dublin and the Trinity Centre for Post-Conflict Justice.

Please indicate if you have any access requirements, such as ISL/English interpreting, so that we can facilitate you in attending this event. Contact: beckerma@tcd.ie