Since the Nuremberg trials following World War II, there has been
considerable debate about the nature and effects of war crimes with
regard both to the Nazis and to modern-day perpetrators. What
constitutes a “war crime,” and how has the concept changed over
time? How do victors and vanquished deal with crimes that have
universal as well as national dimensions? How is the historical
reality of war crimes related to their judicial treatment? How are
perpetrators portrayed during investigations and
trials? These timely and provocative essays make use of newly
available archival sources and a wide range of case studies to
provide in-depth analyses of war crimes within a broad historical
framework. The essays are organized into four sections: the history
of war-crime trials from Weimar Germany to just after World War II;
the sometimes diverging Allied efforts to come to terms with the
Nazi concentration camp system; the ability of postwar society to
confront war crimes of the past; and the legacy of war-crime trials
in the twenty-first century. Atrocities on Trial illuminates a dark
and timely subject and helps us to understand the ongoing struggle
to hold accountable those who perpetrate crimes against humanity.
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