Auschwitz trials: the Jewish dimension
TitelAuschwitz trials: the Jewish dimension
Call numberS940.5318/002
Objectnummer04187ei
Plaats van uitgaveJerusalem
UitgeverYad Vashem
Jaar van uitgave
2013
Formaatpp139-171
MateriaalArtikel
NotesArticle from the journal "Yad Vashem Studies" Vol 41Part 2, 2013 p139-171
Beschrijving
The authors analyze the place of the Jews in three postwar trials relating to Auschwitz and find that the murder of the Jews played a signficant role in the proceedings. The Jews figured prominently in the trial of Auschwitz-Birkenau commandant Rudolf Hess in Poland in 1947 and in the 1963-65 Frankfurt Auschwitz trial. The analysis of these trials helps us to understand why Auschwitz-Birkenau became the symbol of the Holocaust