Devin O. Pendas

The Frankfurt Auschwitz Trial, 1963-1965

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The Frankfurt Auschwitz trial was the largest, most public, and most important trial of Holocaust perpetrators conducted in West German courts. Drawing on a wide range of archival sources, Devin O. Pendas provides a comprehensive history of this momentous event. Situating the trial in a thorough analysis of West German criminal law, this book argues that in confronting systematic, state-sponsored genocide, the Frankfurt court ran up against the limits of law. Because many of the key categories of German criminal law were defined with direct reference to the specific motives of the defendants, the trial was unable to adequately grasp the deep social roots and systematic character of Nazi genocide. Much of the trial's significance came from the vast public attention it captured, and this book provides a compelling account of the divided response to the trial among the West German public.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 362
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 610g
• ISBN-13: 9780521844062
• ISBN-10: 0521844061
• Artikelnr.: 15101954

Autorenporträt

Devin O. Pendas is Associate Professor of History at Boston College. He received his PhD from the University of Chicago and is the recipient of grants from the German Academic Exchange Service and the MacArthur Foundation. His articles have appeared in the Yale Journal of Law and the Humanities and Traverse: Zeitschift für Geschichte/Revue d'histore, as well as in a number of edited volumes.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Prelude; 2. The antinomies of German law: motivation, action and guilt; 3. The trial actors; 4. Indictment and order to convene, April-July 1963; 5. Opening moves, 20 December 1963-6 February 1964; 6. Taking evidence, 7 February 1964-May 1965; 7. Closing arguments, 7 May 1965-12 August 1965; 8. Judgment; 9. Public reaction.

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1. Prelude
2. The antinomies of German law: motivation, action and guilt
3. The trial actors
4. Indictment and order to convene, April-July 1963
5. Opening moves, 20 December 1963-6 February 1964
6. Taking evidence, 7 February 1964-May 1965
7. Closing arguments, 7 May 1965-12 August 1965
8. Judgment
9. Public reaction.

Rezensionen

"In his book, Devin O. Pendas meticulously examines every phase of the trial. He provides an in-depth account of the complex, lengthy legal and political machinations that preceded the trial, moves on to an exhaustive analysis of the actual courtroom proceedings and concludes with an assessment of German public reactions. The extremely detailed narrative will certainly satisfy readers who prefer encyclopedic rigor, although others might consider the book's reconstruction of the procedural maneuvers during the trial to be denser than necessary, despite the author's formidable lucidity. The impressive archival research on which the book is based is well reflected in its extensive citations, which Cambridge University Press admirably continues to print at the bottom of the page."
- Alan E. Steinweis, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, H-NET