Beyond Justice - The Auschwitz Trial

Informationen zum Autor Rebecca Wittmann is Associate Professor of History at the University of Toronto at Mississauga. Klappentext In 1963! West Germany was gripped by a dramatic trial of former guards who had worked at Auschwitz. It was the country's largest! most public trial and attracted international attention. Using pretrial files and extensive trial audiotapes! Wittmann offers a fascinating reinterpretation of Germany's first major attempt to confront its past. Zusammenfassung In 1963, West Germany was gripped by a dramatic trial of former guards who had worked at Auschwitz. It was the country's largest, most public trial and attracted international attention. Using pretrial files and extensive trial audiotapes, Wittmann offers a fascinating reinterpretation of Germany’s first major attempt to confront its past.

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• Authors: Rebecca Wittmann, Wittmann Rebecca
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.03.2012
• EAN: 9780674063877
• ISBN: 978-0-674-06387-7
• No. of pages: 360
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries; History, HISTORY / Europe / Germany, Europe, European History, Germany, LAW / Criminal Procedure, LAW / Military, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Second World War, The Holocaust, c 1940 to c 1949