Frankfurt Auschwitz Trial, 1963-1965 - Genocide, History and the Limits of the Law

Informationen zum Autor Devin O. Pendas is Associate Professor of History at Boston College. He received his PhD from the University of Chicago and is the recipient of grants from the German Academic Exchange Service and the MacArthur Foundation. His articles have appeared in the Yale Journal of Law and the Humanities and Traverse: Zeitschift für Geschichte/Revue d'histore, as well as in a number of edited volumes. Klappentext Drawing on a wide range of archival sources! Devin O. Pendas provides a comprehensive history of the Frankfurt Auschwitz trial. Zusammenfassung The Frankfurt Auschwitz trial was the largest! most public! and most important trial of Holocaust perpetrators conducted in West German courts. Drawing on a wide range of archival sources! Devin O. Pendas provides a comprehensive history of this momentous event. This book provides a compelling account of the divided response to the trial among the West German public. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Prelude; 2. The antinomies of German law: motivation, action and guilt; 3. The trial actors; 4. Indictment and order to convene, April-July 1963; 5. Opening moves, 20 December 1963-6 February 1964; 6. Taking evidence, 7 February 1964-May 1965; 7. Closing arguments, 7 May 1965-12 August 1965; 8. Judgment; 9. Public reaction.

Product details

• Authors: Devin O Pendas, Devin O. Pendas, Devin O. (Boston College Pendas, Pendas Devin O.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.03.2010
• EAN: 9780521127981
• ISBN: 978-0-521-12798-1
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 231 mm x 23 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book; HISTORY / Europe / Germany, European History, Germany, LAW / Legal History, Second World War, The Holocaust, c 1960 to c 1970, Legal History, c 1960 to c 1969, c 1940 to c 1949, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / Holocaust, History / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / European Theater