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Nuremberg|ˈnjuːrəmbɜːg|
Also (erron.) -burg.
[G. Nürnberg.]
The name of a city in southern Germany.
1. Used attrib. to designate a type of porcelain manufactured in Nuremberg.
1617F. Moryson Itinerary III. ii. iii. 80 The Germans export..Nurnberg wares (so they call small wares.) 1863W. Chaffers Marks Pott. & Porc. 105 Nuremburg, there are two plates of the XVIIIth Century in the Sèvres Museum; one in imitation of Faenza, the other an allegory of Luther. 1925B. Rackham tr. Hannover's Pott. & Porc. I. iv. 355 Chinese motives..are not wanting in Nuremberg faïence in the first and best period. But at an early stage they give way to plant ornament, in which a feather-like leaf..is a constantly-recurring element. 1960R. G. Haggar Conc. Encycl. Cont. Pott. & Porc. 331/1 Two personalities are connected with Nuremberg faience in the sixteenth century, Oswald Reinhard, and Augustin Hirsvogel. 1974Country Life 6 June 1411/3 The architectural detail is executed in scagliola and the walls are clad in Nuremburg tiles.
b. Nuremberg egg, a type of watch (see quot. 1960).
[1895H. L. Nelthropp Catal. Collection of Clocks 2 Nuremberg egg-shaped watch, metal and silver case.] 1960H. Hayward Antique Coll. 201/1 Nuremberg egg, a misnomer applied to early South German watches. Arose from the misreading and mistranslation of ‘Uhrlein’ into ‘Eierlein’ (little clocks into little eggs). These early watches were usually drum shaped.
2. Used attrib. to designate a connection with the German National Socialist Party with which the city was associated, as Nuremberg Laws, laws promulgated in 1935 barring Jews from German citizenship and forbidding intermarriage between ‘Aryans’ and Jews; Nuremberg rally, one of the mass meetings of the German National Socialist Party which were held annually at Nuremberg from 1933 to 1938; Nuremberg trial(s), a series of trials of former Nazi leaders for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity presided over by an International Military Tribunal formed from the victorious Allied Powers and held in Nuremberg in 1945–6 (also ellipt. as Nuremberg).
1937Janowsky & Fagen Internat. Aspects German Racial Policies ii. 106 Even the official commentary on the Nuremberg laws..concluded that the German Jews were a racial (voelkische), though not a national minority. 1945H. Nicolson Diary 4 June (1968) III. 64 Smuts recalled the decision... ‘It..shows.. the value of Nuremberg. Had we shot Jodl at sight, that precious piece of evidence would never have been obtained.’ 1945Daily Mail 19 Nov. 2/3 All day today Lord Justice Lawrence and Mr. Justice Birkett have been discussing..the arguments for and against postponement of the Nuremberg trials. 1946M. Belgion Epitaph on Nuremberg 12 The argument rested on the plea..that justice was going to be done. Of this argument the official explanation of the Nuremberg trial consisted. 1952A. Bullock Hitler ii. vii. 347 The Nuremberg rallies held every year in September were masterpieces of theatrical art, with the most carefully devised effects. 1963Guardian 25 Feb. 8/1 Towards the end of the Stalin era a Soviet brand of anti-Semitism had undoubtedly reached very dangerous proportions..even if it was never codified in a Soviet version of the ‘Nuremberg Laws’. 1969W. Carr Hist. of Germany 1815–1945 xiv. 405 Hitler's violent speech at the Nuremburg party rally. 1970Guardian 20 Nov. 12/6 Ever since Vietnam got big, Nuremberg has been injected into the national argument... The Nuremberg precedents demand that..American high commanders ought to be tried for war crimes. 1971M. McCarthy Birds of America 110 Under the Nuremberg Laws, he would have counted as a Jew, while in Israel he would count as a Christian, since what mattered to them was your mother. 1974Times 14 Feb. 16/7 Thank heavens we don't do it like the Tories. Their adulation is reminiscent of a Nuremberg rally. |