Beyond justice : the Auschwitz trial / Rebecca Wittmann.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wittmann, Rebecca, 1970-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Physical Description:

1 online resource (349 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9780674045293

0674045297

OCLC:

631013586