The Trial of a Nazi Doctor - Franz Lucas As Defendant, Opportunist, and Deceiver

"The trial of a Nazi doctor examines the life of Franz Bernhard Lucas (1911-1994), an SS camp doctor with assignments in Auschwitz, Mauthausen, Stutthof, Ravensbrèuck, and Sachsenhausen. Covering his career during the Third Reich and then his prosecution after 1945, especially in the Frankfurt Auschwitz trial, Andrew Wisely explores the lies, obfuscations, misrepresentation, and confusions that Lucas himself created to deny, distract from or excuse his participation in the Nazi's genocidal projects. By juxtaposing Lucas's own testimonies and those of a wide range of witnesses: former camp inmates and Holocaust survivors; friends, colleagues, and relatives; and media observers, Wisely provides a nuanced study of witness testimonies and the moral identity of Holocaust perpetrators"--

About the author

Andrew Wisely is Associate Professor of German at Baylor University (Texas), where he teaches German language, literature, history, and culture. He has published articles in Central European History (2019), Holocaust Studies (2020), and S.I.M.O.N. (2021), and has also published a book chapter in Recognizing the Past in the Present. New Studies on Medicine Before, During, and After the Holocaust (Berghahn Books 2020).

Product details

• Authors: Andrew Wisely
• Publisher: BERGHAHN BOOKS, INC
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.05.2024
• EAN: 9781805395300
• ISBN: 978-1-80539-530-0
• No. of pages: 364
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Genocide & War Crimes, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, The Holocaust, War Crimes, 1933–1945 (National Socialist period), c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / Holocaust, Genocide History; History: 20th Century to Present