Wildy & Sons has published a
new book on the ‘minor’ war crimes trials held in occupied Germany and
elsewhere from 1945-1948.
ABOUT THE BOOK
The Minor War Crimes Trials: A
Socio-Legal History reconstructs the legal and military history of the
'minor' war crimes trials held in Occupied Germany and elsewhere from 1945-8.
Although the International Military Tribunal held at Nuremberg, from the end of
1945, is extremely well known, there were in fact hundreds of trials of 'minor'
so-called war criminals so called in Occupied Germany, liberated Europe and the
Far East. But little is known about these trials: even their number remains
uncertain, and they are still shrouded in mystery. This book remedies that
lack: addressing why those trials began; their legal framework; the trial
processes; where they failed; who investigated them; the role of the military;
and why they stopped. Challenging orthodox accounts that there was no
Holocaust-awareness in Allied prosecutions, the book reveals the extent to
which these 'minor' trials involved a substantial contribution by Holocaust
victims. Jewish and other witnesses confronted their abusers; and were an
integral part of successful prosecutions. Detailing the extent and value of
their contribution, this study of the minor war crimes trials thus serves as a
counterweight to the now orthodox and widespread perception of Holocaust
survivors as helpless, feeble and emaciated Jews.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1: Law's history and
victim's justice a neglected conjunction
Chapter 2: Setting contexts: the
historical, political and administrative framework for British 'minor' war
crimes trials
Chapter 3: Living justice:
British soldiers investigating war crimes
Chapter 4 Justice observed: legal
and other readings of the Belsen(-Auschwitz) Trial 1946
Chapter 5: Living a different
story: 2 SAS investigating war crimes in Occupied German
Chapter 6: Distorting justice?:
intelligence agencies' involvement in the Natzweitler Trial, 1946
Chapter 7: Experiencing law: war
crimes investigations as human narrative
Chapter 8: Doctrinal law versus
victims' justice: narratives of legal insecurity and Nazi law
Chapter 9: Socio-legal
perspectives: theory's ahistorical fascination with Nazi 'jurisprudence' and
'legal' responses to German/Axis war crimes.
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