Reassessing the Nuremberg Military Tribunals

Transitional Justice, Trial Narratives, and Historiography
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-78238-667-4
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, Band 16, 334 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 485 g

Reihe: War and Genocide

For decades the history of the US Military Tribunals at Nuremberg (NMT) has been eclipsed by the first Nuremberg trial—the International Military Tribunal or IMT. The dominant interpretation—neatly summarized in the ubiquitous formula of “Subsequent Trials”—ignores the unique historical and legal character of the NMT trials, which differed significantly from that of their predecessor. The NMT trials marked a decisive shift both in terms of analysis of the Third Reich and conceptualization of international criminal law. This volume is the first comprehensive examination of the NMT and brings together diverse perspectives from the fields of law, history, and political science, exploring the genesis, impact, and legacy of the twelve Military Tribunals held at Nuremberg between 1946 and 1949.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Priemel, Kim C.

Stiller, Alexa

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Deutsche Geschichte Deutsche Geschichte: Holocaust

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures

List of Abbreviations

Foreword

Michael Marrus

Introduction: Nuremberg’s Narratives – Revising the Legacy of the “Subsequent Trials”

Kim C. Priemel and Alexa Stiller

Chapter 1.The Trials of Robert Kempner. From Stateless Immigrant to Prosecutor of the Foreign Office

Dirk Pöppmann

Chapter 2. A Judge, a Prosecutor and a Mass Murderer: Courtroom Dynamics in the SS-Einsatzgruppen Trial

Hilary Earl

Chapter 3. Victims, Witnesses and the Ethical Legacy of the Nuremberg Medical Trial

Paul Weindling

Chapter 4. Semantics of Extermination: The Use of the New Term of Genocide in the Nuremberg Trials and the Genesis of a Master Narrative

Alexa Stiller

Chapter 5. The SS as the ‘Alibi of a Nation’? Narrative Continuities from the Nuremberg Trials to the 1960s

Jan Erik Schulte

Chapter 6. Tales of Totalitarianism. Conflicting Narratives in the Industrialist Cases at Nuremberg

Kim C. Priemel

Chapter 7. From Clean Hands to Vernichtungskrieg: How the High Command Case Shaped the Image of the Wehrmacht

Valerie Hébert

Chapter 8. The Power of Images: Real and Fictional Roles of Atrocity Film Footage at Nuremberg

Ulrike Weckel

Chapter 9. The Fate of Nuremberg: The Legacy and Impact of the Subsequent Nuremberg Trials in Postwar Germany

Devin Pendas

Chapter 10. From IMT to NMT: The Emergence of a Jurisprudence of Atrocity

Lawrence Douglas

Bibliography

Notes on Contributors

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Stiller, Alexa
Alexa Stiller is Research Associate at the Department of Modern History and Contemporary History, University of Berne, Switzerland.

Priemel, Kim C.
Kim C. Priemelis Assistant Professor of History at Humboldt University Berlin, Germany.

Kim C. Priemelis Assistant Professor of History at Humboldt University Berlin, Germany.