Democracy, Nazi Trials, and Transitional Justice in Germany, 1945-1950

ISBN-13: 9780521871297 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 230 str.

Devin O. Pendas

Opis

Revising our understanding about how transitional justice works, this study analyses and compares Nazi trials in post-war East and West Germany from 1945 to 1950 to challenge assumptions about the political outcomes of prosecuting mass atrocities.

Recenzje

'… the book is a valuable addition to the growing literature on Germany's judicial reckoning with the Nazi past … the book provides a major corrective, based on deep historical research …' Norman J.W. Goda, Journal of Modern History

Spis treści

Acknowledgements; Introduction: The Promise and Perils of Transitional Justice; 1. Allied justice and its discontents; 2. Allied policy towards German courts; 3. Debating crimes against humanity in the West; 4. Debating democracy in the East; 5. The trials that did not happen; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index.