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Compares Nazi trials in East and West Germany from 1945-1950 to challenge assumptions about the political outcomes of prosecuting mass atrocities.

Genocide in Comparative Perspective offers a concise introduction to genocide in modern world history. It emphasizes the transnational dimensions of the phenomenon, looking at the way in which victim and perpetrator groups have lived and died across borders and the way regional and international rivalries facilitated mass murder. The book explores genocide as a historical phenomenon, rather than a legal concept, it breaks new ground by moving ...

Genocide in Comparative Perspective offers a concise introduction to genocide in modern world history. It emphasizes the transnational dimensions of the phenomenon, looking at the way in which victim and perpetrator groups have lived and died across borders and the way regional and international rivalries facilitated mass murder. The book explores genocide as a historical phenomenon, rather than a legal concept, it breaks new ground by moving ...

Die deutsche Vergangenheit vor Gericht Im Winter 1963 begann vor den Augen der Weltöffentlichkeit der erste Auschwitz-Prozess, die größte und wichtigste juristische Aufarbeitung des Holocaust. Devin Pendas erzählt auf Basis umfangreicher Quellenforschung die Geschichte dieses Verfahrens, das die Öffentlichkeit spaltete und bei dem nicht nur 22 NS-Täter, sondern auch die deutsche Vergangenheit vor Gericht standen. Viele Jahre mussten vergehen, ...

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, the book argues that in confronting systematic, state-sponsored genocide, the Frankfurt court ran up against the...

Drawing on a wide range of archival sources, Devin O. Pendas provides a comprehensive history of the Frankfurt Auschwitz trial.