Staging Nuremberg how the United States and the Soviet Union fought over the portrayal of Nazi crimes Sylvie Lindeperg ; translated by Claudia Gorbman

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lindeperg, Sylvie, author.

Contributor:

Gorbman, Claudia, translator.

Series:

Investigating visible evidence

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Communication in politics--United States.

Communication in politics.

Communication in politics--Soviet Union.

Documentary films--Political aspects.

Documentary films.

Nuremberg Trial of Major German War Criminals, Nuremberg, Germany, 1945-1946.

War crime trials--Political aspects.

War crime trials.

War crimes--Germany--History--20th century.

War crimes.

War crimes--History.

Germany.

Soviet Union.

United States.

Genre:

Translations

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Columbia University Press (Lightning Source), 2026.

New York Columbia University Press 2026

Summary:

As victory in World War II drew near, the Allies decided to hold a major trial of Nazi leaders, which began in Nuremberg in November 1945. Conflict soon broke out between the United States and the Soviet Union over not only how to assess German guilt but also how to depict the trial. The Americans saw it as a judicial and media spectacle that would convey "the greatest moral tale ever told," illustrated with Hollywood techniques. The Soviets, for their part, drew on extensive experience filming show trials to craft their own narrative of the tribunal. Sylvie Lindeperg offers a pioneering account of the cinematic stagecraft, storytelling, and imagery of the Nuremberg trials, revealing how film was used both as legal evidence and as a propaganda tool. She follows the American campaign to influence world opinion before, during, and after the trial, on stage and behind the scenes. Lindeberg chronicles how the hope of scripting a Hollywood-style courtroom drama crumbled amid rising geopolitical tensions and the mundane reality of the tribunal. The book interweaves in-depth reconstruction of the filming of the trial with portraits of the colorful characters who played leading or supporting roles. Drawing on American, British, Soviet, French, and German archives as well as analysis of films, newsreels, and photographs, Staging Nuremberg is a revelatory study of the theater of justice

Contents:

Frontmatter CONTENTS Note to Readers Prologue: The Theater of Justice ACT I. BEHIND THE SCENES: CONCEIVING THE IDEAL TRIAL 1. The Nuremberg Chessboard 2. Hollywood Goes to War 3. From MoMA to the Salt Mines: The Hunt for Images 4. The Editing Room: Or, the Inventory of the Possible 5. Gordon Dean's Storytelling 6. The Drama's Architecture 7. Cameras in the Courtroom 8. Soviet Cinema, Auxiliary to the Courts 9. The Fall of the House of Donovan 10. The Final Run-Through ACT II. ON STAGE: THE TRIAL 11. The Curtain Rises on an American Week 12. "The Flesh of the Courts" 13. Phantoms of Propaganda 14. Nuremberg, "Citadel of Boredom" 15. The Curtain Falls 16. German Autumn: Ending Without Images 17. Voices Ever More Dissonant Epilogue: The Profane and the Sacred Conclusion: Justice on Stage

"The Two-Sided Mirror" Acknowledgments Appendix 1: Nuremberg in Television and Film Appendix 2: Supplements Notes Sources Index

Notes:

Translated from the French

Includes bibliographical references and index

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ISBN:

9780231559157

0231559151

9780231566421

0231566425

OCLC:

1596675439

Publisher Number:

CIPO000391894

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