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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797221903321

Autore

Brode Patrick

Titolo

Casual slaughters and accidental judgments : Canadian war crimes prosecutions, 1944-1948 / / Patrick Brode

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1997

©1997

ISBN

1-4426-5088-5

1-4426-3250-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (323 p.)

Collana

Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History

Disciplina

940.5405

Soggetti

World War, 1939-1945 - Atrocities

War crime trials - Canada

War criminals - Germany

Electronic books.

Germany

Canada

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-273) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Rumours of Murder -- 2. Murder Division -- 3. Indifference to the 'War Crimes Business7 -- 4. Questions of Partiality -- 5. Brigadeführer on Trial -- 6. But for the Grace of God -- 7. Shot like Wild Animals -- 8. Opladen: The Forgotten Case -- 9. Hong Kong: The Law of the Imperial Japanese Army -- 10. The Japanese Trials: Camp Guards and the Architects of War -- 11. 'Siegergericht′ -- 12. Canadian War Crimes and the Consequences -- Appendix. Charge Sheet of Kurt Meyer -- Notes -- Photo Credits -- Index -- Backmatter

Sommario/riassunto

Patrick Brode has produced a fascinating study of government hesitancy surrounding war crime prosecutions€in€ Casual Slaughters and Accidental Judgments, a history of Canada's prosecution of war crimes committed during the Second World War.€