The Holocaust and Soviet War Crimes Trials in the Cold War Context

ISBN-13: 9781032604213 / Twarda / 2024 / 248 str.

Gintare (Lithuanian Institute of History) Malinauskaite

Opis

This volume aims to newly evaluate the Soviet war crimes trials of Holocaust perpetrators, their representation through various means of media, and their reception in the context of the Cold War.

Spis treści

1. Introduction  2. Prehistory of the Trial: Holocaust and Its Aftermath in Skuodas  3. Pre-Trial Investigations: Judicial and Extrajudicial Activities  4. The Trial: Rendering (In)Justice and Beyond  5. Cinematic Jurisprudence: Unfinished Page of a Diary and the Trial Documentary  6. Soviet (In)Justice Goes Abroad: Media Warfare and the Cold War  7. Conclusion

O autorze

Gintarė Malinauskaitė is a historian focusing on Holocaust research, memory studies, war crimes trials, and the history of Central and Eastern Europe. She is currently working as a research fellow at the Lithuanian Institute of History.