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Allen Dulles, the OSS, and Nazi war criminals : the dynamics of selective prosecution / Kerstin von Lingen, University of Heidelberg ; translated by Dona Geyer.
Van Pelt Library KK73.5.W65 L56 2013
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lingen, Kerstin von, 1971- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Wolff, Karl, 1900-1984--Trials, litigation, etc.
- Wolff, Karl.
- Wolff, Karl, 1900-1984.
- War crime trials--Germany--Munich.
- War crime trials.
- Operation Sunrise.
- Dulles, Allen, 1893-1969.
- Dulles, Allen.
- Nuremberg Trial of Major German War Criminals, Nuremberg, Germany, 1945-1946.
- Prosecution--Germany--Decision making--History--20th century.
- Prosecution.
- United States. Office of Strategic Services.
- United States.
- Decision making.
- History.
- Germany.
- Germany--Munich.
- Genre:
- Trials, litigation, etc.
- Trial and arbitral proceedings.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 328 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
- Summary:
- "This book examines the circumstances surrounding SS-Obergruppenfuhrer Karl Wolff's escape from prosecution for war crimes in 1945. Wolff avoided prosecution because of his role in 'Operation Sunrise', negotiations conducted by high-ranking American, Swiss and British officials - in violation of the Casablanca agreements with the Soviet Union - for the surrender of German forces in Italy that enabled the Anglo-American forces to take Trieste. After 1945, Allied officials, amongst them Allen Dulles, in a move that later helped him ascend to the head of the CIA, shielded Wolff from prosecution to maintain secrecy about the negotiations. 'Operation Sunrise' thus relates to the early origins of the Cold War in Europe and had wide-ranging implications, even in the field of justice: new evidence suggests that the Western Allies not only failed to ensure cooperation between their respective national war crimes prosecution organizations, but in certain cases even obstructed justice by withholding evidence from the prosecution"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1. The protagonists: Karl Wolff and Allen Dulles; 2. Surrender in northern Italy: Operation Sunrise; 3. War crimes policy; 4. Protection from prosecution, 1945-1949; 5. Wolff's public image: hero or vernichtungsburokrat, 1950-1984; 6. Immunity and its origins: geopolitical interests; Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-315) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781107025936
- 1107025931
- OCLC:
- 843025735
- Online:
- Cover image
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