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

ISBN-13: 9780521844062 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 362 str.

Devin O. Pendas

Opis

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. Situating the trial in a thorough analysis of West German criminal law, the book argues that in confronting systematic, state-sponsored genocide, the Frankfurt court ran up against the limits of law. This book provides a compelling account of the divided response to the trial among the West German public.

Recenzje

"...provides a meticulously detailed and comprehensive analysis: from the pretrial history to its public repercussions; from the courtroom proceedings to their wider political and legal contexts (the Cold war, the politics of the past in the Federal Republic, German criminal law, and so on)."
-Journal of Genocide Research

Spis treści

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.