One Trial – Four Languages
Ways to help
History scattered these people to the winds, so we need help in lots of places and in lots of ways.
Rummaging in archives
Would you like to spend a few days for us at the exciting Imperial War Museum in London? Or in Paris, Moscow, Berlin, Washington D.C.?
If you live near to one of these places, or would like to take a trip, and have the right language skills, get in touch: via the contact form or by email help@1trial-4languages.org.
Communicating with people
Are you good at listening to people’s stories? There are friends and relatives to phone and write to. It doesn’t matter where you are. Just tell us what languages you are comfortable with.
Translating stories
And once we have the stories, we need them in other languages. We mostly use English, French, German and Russian, but depending on exhibition venues we need other languages to. Ask via the contact form or by email help@1trial-4languages.org.
Exploring the equipment
We have accumulated some fascinating pieces of old kit. The technology has improved in leaps and bounds, and it played a key role in making a new profession possible. Here too, we have some leads to follow up. If you are curious about the inventions, let us know.
Donating money
We are a handful of dedicated volunteers, but there are so many things we cannot afford to do ourselves. We know – because we are told again and again – that a lot of people believe this is a worthwhile venture, a human story that makes history real. Help us to tell it!
Mostly, we need funds to sponsor researchers and cover travel expenses. You can donate online here and you will receive a donation receipt for your tax accounts.
Mostly, we need funds to sponsor researchers and cover travel expenses. You can donate online here and you will receive a donation receipt for your tax accounts.
The story continues – sadly
It doesn’t stop at Nuremberg. War crimes continue and so do the tribunals.
So often, interpreters are recruited from traumatized communities to provide untried languages.
Already we have a group in West Africa collecting the moving and motivating stories of interpreters at the Special Court for Sierra Leone.
Already we have a group in West Africa collecting the moving and motivating stories of interpreters at the Special Court for Sierra Leone.
WHAT HAPPENS NEXT
>We want to follow up the leads we already have. There are families to contact while they still remember. And so many questions we have whose answers are hiding in archives around the world.We want to identify as many interpreters as we can, and find out more about those we have identified. We want to collect those diaries and recordings and pieces of kit still lingering in attics before they fall into oblivion.
All our new discoveries feed into the exhibition, which travels around the world – always adapted to local interests and languages.