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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461896903321

Titolo

Reassessing the Nuremberg Military Tribunals [[electronic resource] ] : transitional justice, trial narratives, and historiography / / edited by Kim C. Priemel and Alexa Stiller

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Berghahn Books, 2012

ISBN

1-283-63973-4

0-85745-532-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (334 p.)

Collana

Studies on war and genocide ; ; v. 16

Altri autori (Persone)

PriemelKim Christian <1977->

StillerAlexa <1975->

Disciplina

341.6/90268

Soggetti

Nuremberg War Crime Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, 1946-1949

Nuremberg Trial of Major German War Criminals, Nuremberg, Germany, 1945-1946

War crime trials - Germany - Nuremberg - History - 20th century

International criminal law - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [296]-305) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Figures and Tables; List of Abbreviations; Foreword; Introduction -  - Revising the Legacy of the "Subsequent Trials"; Chapter 1 - The Trials of Robert Kempner; Chapter 2 - A Judge, a Prosecutor, and a Mass Murderer; Chapter 3 - Victims, Witnesses, and the Ethical Legacy of the Nuremberg Medical Trial; Chapter 4 - Semantics of Extermination; Chapter 5 - The SS as the "Alibi of a Nation"?; Chapter 6 - Tales of Totalitarianism; Chapter 7 - From Clean Hands to Vernichtungskrieg; Chapter 8 - The Power of Images; Chapter 9 - The Fate of Nuremberg; Chapter 10 - From IMT to NMT

Select BibliographyNotes on Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

For decades the history of the US Military Tribunals at Nuremberg (NMT) has been eclipsed by the first Nuremberg trial-the International Military Tribunal or IMT. The dominant interpretation-neatly summarized in the ubiquitous formula of ""Subsequent Trials""-ignores the unique historical and legal character of the NMT trials, which



differed significantly from that of their predecessor. The NMT trials marked a decisive shift both in terms of analysis of the Third Reich and conceptualization of international criminal law. The first comprehensive examination of the NMT, this volume brings togeth