Abby Mann

A writer, Mann is known for tackling heavy, even controversial subjects. His drama Judgment at Nuremberg started as a TV special on Playhouse 90 in 1959; he adapted it for film in 1961, which won him an Academy award for his fictionalized portrayal of the Nuremberg trials of Nazi war criminals after World War II. In his acceptance speech he noted, "A writer worth his salt at all has an obligation not only to entertain but to comment on the world in which he lives." Mann also wrote Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story, and several direct-to-TV movies, for which he won three Emmys. He wasn't beneath more entertaining work: Mann also created the TV series Kojak (1973-1978). He died March 25 from heart failure at 83. From This is True for 23 March 2008 Suggestions for further reading: Doctors from Hell by Vivien Spitz Amazon Price: Customer Review: Most people are aware that one of the fundamental moral principles for all doctors is to "do no harm," a principle which can be traced back to Hippocrates and the very beginnings of the Western medical tradition. Unfortunately, not all doctors heed t...   Nuremberg : Infamy on Trial by Joseph E. Persico Amazon Price: $11.56 Customer Review: The Nuremberg affair must always remind us of what man can, and will, do to his fellow man if left unchecked. Persico, tells us straight. And, what a travesty of humankind! More than sixty years later: what television shows us, what book...   The Nuremberg Interviews by Leon Goldensohn Amazon Price: $13.46 Customer Review: It ought to surprise no one that America, forever destined to carry the sign of Cain for the Hiroshima & Nagasaki bombings, attempted to hide in a haze of moral superlatives at Nuremberg after WW2. Justice never reigned there, only the...   The Nuremberg War Crimes Trial, 1945-46: A Documentary History (The Bedford S... by Michael R. Marrus Amazon Price: $14.03 Customer Review: Another good read for those interested in this field   Justice at Nuremberg by Robert E Conot Amazon Price: $14.21 Customer Review: Once you start reading it is difficult to put down. A very comprehensive reading on the Nurnberg trials.   Newsfeed display by CaRP

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