Forgotten Trials of the Holocaust - Softcover

Bazyler, Michael J.; Tuerkheimer, Frank M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1479899240 ISBN 13: 9781479899241

Publisher: NYU Press, 2015

Synopsis

Demonstrates the enormous impact of the Holocaust by analyzing ten underreported Nazi trials
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.
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, 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.

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About the Authors

Michael J. Bazyler is Professor of Law and The “1939” Society Law Scholar in Holocaust and Human Rights Studies at the Dale E. Fowler School of Law, Chapman University.

Frank M. Tuerkheimer is a trial lawyer and Professor of Law Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin. He has taught a course on Holocaust trials both in the United States and Germany. He had previously been a federal prosecutor in New York, United States Attorney in Madison, Wisconsin, and an Associate Special Watergate Prosecutor in Washington.

Edition details

• Publisher: NYU Press
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1479899240
• ISBN 13: 9781479899241
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 384