Nazi Crimes against Jews and German post-war justice : the West German judicial system during allied occupation (1945-1949) / Edith Raim.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Raim, Edith, author.

Series:

New perspectives on modern Jewish history ; Volume 3.

New Perspectives on Modern Jewish History, 2192-9645 ; Volume 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).

Reconstruction (1939-1951).

World War (1939-1945).

Jews--Persecutions--Germany--History--20th century.

Jews.

Justice, Administration of--Germany--History--20th century.

Justice, Administration of.

Europe.

Germany.

Germany (West).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (346 p.)

Place of Publication:

Berlin, Germany : De Gruyter Oldenbourg, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Of all victims of Nazi persecution, German Jews had to suffer the Nazi yoke for the longest time. Throughout the Third Reich, they were exposed to anti-Jewish propaganda, discrimination, anti-Semitic laws and increasingly to outrages and offences by non-Jewish Germans. While the International Military Tribunal and the subsequent American Military Tribunals at Nuremberg dealt with a variety of Nazi crimes according to international law, these courts did not consider themselves cognizant in adjudicating wrongdoings against German citizens and those who lost German citizenship based on the so-called “Nuremberg laws,” such as Germany’s Jews. Until recently, scholarship failed to explore this task of the German judiciary in more detail. Edith Raim fills this gap by showing the extent of the crimes committed against Jews beyond the traditionally known facts and by elucidating how the West German administration of justice was reconstructed under Allied supervision.

Contents:

Front matter

Foreword

Table of Contents

Introduction

The Legal Divisions of the Western Allies

The Re-opening of German Courts and the German Administration of Justice

Physical Conditions for the Reconstruction of Courts

The German Administration of Justice at Work

Denazification and Personnel Politics

Criticism of the German Administration of Justice

Summary

The Western Allies and the Prosecution of Nazi Crimes

The Phase-out of Allied Trials and Transfer to German Prosecution

The Reconstruction of Nazi Crimes Against Jews

The Prosecution of the Pogrom

The Prosecution of the Deportations

Summary and Outlook

Conclusion

Appendix

Index of Names

Index of Places

Notes:

Includes indexes.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 28, 2015).

ISBN:

9783110554014

3110554011

9783110395693

311039569X

9783110300666

3110300664

OCLC:

900027086