The Frankfurt Auschwitz Trial, 1963-1965 - Genocide, History, and the Limits of the Law (Hardcover)

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, this book argues that in confronting systematic, state-sponsored genocide, the Frankfurt court ran up against the limits of law. Because many of the key categories of German criminal law were defined with direct reference to the specific motives of the defendants, the trial was unable to adequately grasp the deep social roots and systematic character of Nazi genocide. Much of the trial's significance came from the vast public attention it captured, and this book provides a compelling account of the divided response to the trial among the West German public.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	November 2005
First published:	2006
Authors:	Devin O. Pendas
Dimensions:	236 x 158 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	362
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-84406-2
Categories:	Books > Law > Jurisprudence & general issues > Legal history Books > Humanities > History > European history > From 1900 > Second World War > The Holocaust Books > History > European history > From 1900 > Second World War > The Holocaust
LSN:	0-521-84406-1
Barcode:	9780521844062

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