Punishing the excess; sadism, bureaucratized atrocity, and the U.S. army concentration camp trials, 1945-1947
TitlePunishing the excess; sadism, bureaucratized atrocity, and the U.S. army concentration camp trials, 1945-1947
Author
Call number341.69026843/0040
Object number06883D
Place of publicationCambridge, England
PublisherCambridge University Press
Year of publication
2008
Physical descriptionpp63-85
MaterialArticle
Series titlePublications of the German Historical Institute
ISBN9780521899741
NotesArticle from the book 'Nazi crimes and the law' pp63-85
Description
States that some of the fiercest struggles between prosecution and defense counsel hinged on what image of the defendant the judges would endorse: the sadist with absolute power over his defenseless victims, or the restrained agent of the state, acting strictly within his orders