Postwar trials and justice
TitlePostwar trials and justice
Author
Call number940.5318/0549
Object number10651L
Place of publicationMadison, Wisconsin, United States
PublisherThe University of Wisconsin Press
Year of publication
2020
Physical descriptionpp178-196
MaterialArticle
Series titleHarvey Goldberg series for understanding and teaching history.
NotesArticle from the book 'Understanding and teaching the Holocaust' pp178-196
Description
The postwar trials of Nazis elicits a number of questions. How many Nazis were tried and convicted and were the punishments appropriate to their crimes? To what extent did Jewish survivors contribute to the prosecution of Nazi criminals? The iconic postwar trial was the Nuremberg Trial, and indicted twenty three defendants, all high-ranking Nazis. They were charged with conspiracy, waging aggressive war, war crimes and crimes against humanity