Postwar trials and justice
TitrePostwar trials and justice
Auteur
Call number940.5318/0549
N° d'objet10651L
Lieu de publicationMadison, Wisconsin, United States
Année de publication
2020
Paginationpp178-196
MatérielArticle
SérieHarvey 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