Forgotten Trials Of The Holocaust
by Michael Bazyler /
2014 / English / EPUB
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In the wake of the Second World War, how were the Allies to
respond to the enormous crime of the Holocaust? Even in an ideal
world, it would have been impossible to bring all the
perpetrators to trial. Nevertheless, an attempt was made to
prosecute some. Most people have heard of the Nuremberg trial and
the Eichmann trial, though they probably have not heard of the
Kharkov Trial—the first trial of Germans for Nazi-era crimes—or
even the Dachau Trials, in which war criminals were prosecuted by
the American military personnel on the former concentration camp
grounds.
In the wake of the Second World War, how were the Allies to
respond to the enormous crime of the Holocaust? Even in an ideal
world, it would have been impossible to bring all the
perpetrators to trial. Nevertheless, an attempt was made to
prosecute some. Most people have heard of the Nuremberg trial and
the Eichmann trial, though they probably have not heard of the
Kharkov Trial—the first trial of Germans for Nazi-era crimes—or
even the Dachau Trials, in which war criminals were prosecuted by
the American military personnel on the former concentration camp
grounds.
This book uncovers ten “forgotten trials” of the Holocaust,
selected from the many Nazi trials that have taken place over the
course of the last seven decades. It showcases how perpetrators
of the Holocaust were dealt with in courtrooms around the
world—in the former Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, Israel,
France, Poland, the United States and Germany—revealing how
different legal systems responded to the horrors of the
Holocaust. The book provides a graphic picture of the genocidal
campaign against the Jews through eyewitness testimony and
incriminating documents and traces how the public memory of the
Holocaust was formed over time.
This book uncovers ten “forgotten trials” of the Holocaust,
selected from the many Nazi trials that have taken place over the
course of the last seven decades. It showcases how perpetrators
of the Holocaust were dealt with in courtrooms around the
world—in the former Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, Israel,
France, Poland, the United States and Germany—revealing how
different legal systems responded to the horrors of the
Holocaust. The book provides a graphic picture of the genocidal
campaign against the Jews through eyewitness testimony and
incriminating documents and traces how the public memory of the
Holocaust was formed over time.
The volume covers a variety of trials—of high-ranking statesmen
and minor foot soldiers, of male and female concentration camps
guards and even trials in Israel of Jewish Kapos—to provide the
first global picture of the laborious efforts to bring
perpetrators of the Holocaust to justice. As law professors and
litigators, the authors provide distinct insights into these
trials.
The volume covers a variety of trials—of high-ranking statesmen
and minor foot soldiers, of male and female concentration camps
guards and even trials in Israel of Jewish Kapos—to provide the
first global picture of the laborious efforts to bring
perpetrators of the Holocaust to justice. As law professors and
litigators, the authors provide distinct insights into these
trials.