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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454941003321

Autore

Wittmann Rebecca <1970->

Titolo

Beyond justice [[electronic resource] ] : the Auschwitz trial / / Rebecca Wittmann

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2005

ISBN

0-674-04529-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (349 p.)

Classificazione

NQ 2360

Disciplina

341.6/9/0268

Soggetti

Auschwitz Trial, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 1963-1965

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Introduction -- 1. Pretrial History -- 2. Pretrial Investigations -- 3. The Indictment -- 4. The Trial -- 5. The Summations and the Judgment -- 6. The Response to the Verdict -- Abbreviations -- Pretrial Chronicle, March 1958-October 1963 -- SS and Concentration Camp Ranks -- Judges, Jury, Prosecutors, Defense Lawyers, and Defendants -- The Verdict -- Notes -- Primary Sources -- Acknowledgments -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

In 1963, West Germany was gripped by a dramatic trial of former guards who had worked at the Nazi death camp Auschwitz. It was the largest and most public trial to take place in the country and attracted international attention. Using the pretrial files and extensive trial audiotapes, Rebecca Wittmann offers a fascinating reinterpretation of Germany's first major attempt to confront its past.