Forgotten Trials of the Holocaust / / Frank M. Tuerkheimer, Michael J. Bazyler.

In the wake of the Second World War, how were the Allies torespond to the enormous crime of the Holocaust? Even in an ideal world, itwould have been impossible to bring all the perpetrators to trial.Nevertheless, an attempt was made to prosecute some. This book uncovers ten “forgotten trials” of the...

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Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2014]
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Year of Publication:2014
Language:English
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Other title:Frontmatter --
Contents --
Acknowledgments --
Introduction --
1. The Kharkov Trial of 1943: The First Trial of the Holocaust? --
2. The Trial of Pierre Laval: Criminal Collaborator or Patriot? --
3. The Dachau Trial under U.S. Army Jurisdiction --
4. The Trial of Amon Göth in Postwar Poland: Poland’s “Nuremberg” --
5. The Hamburg Ravensbrück Trials in British-Occupied Germany: Women as Perpetrators, Women as Victims --
6. The Einsatzgruppen Trial at Nuremberg: Did Anyone Have to Follow Orders to Kill? --
7. The Jewish Kapo Trials in Israel: Is There a Place for the Law in the Gray Zone? --
8. The Frankfurt Auschwitz Trial: The Germans Trying Germans under German Law --
9. The Trial of Feodor Fedorenko: Treblinka Relived in a Florida Courtroom --
10. The Trial of Anthony Sawoniuk at the Old Bailey: The Holocaust in the British Courtroom --
Conclusion --
Notes --
Bibliography --
Index --
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Summary:In the wake of the Second World War, how were the Allies torespond to the enormous crime of the Holocaust? Even in an ideal world, itwould have been impossible to bring all the perpetrators to trial.Nevertheless, an attempt was made to prosecute some. This book uncovers ten “forgotten trials” of the Holocaust,selected from the many Nazi trials that have taken place over the course of thelast seven decades. It showcases how perpetrators of the Holocaust were dealtwith in courtrooms around the world, revealing how differentlegal systems responded to the horrors of the Holocaust. The book provides agraphic picture of the genocidal campaign against the Jews through eyewitnesstestimony and incriminating documents and traces how the public memory of theHolocaust was formed over time.
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9781479849932
DOI:10.18574/nyu/9781479849932.001.0001
Access:restricted access
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: Frank M. Tuerkheimer, Michael J. Bazyler.