Michael Bryant

Eyewitness to Genocide: The Operation Reinhard Death Camp Trials, 1955-1966 (Legacies of War)

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ISBN 13:: 9781621902621
author:: Michael Bryant
format:: Paperback
publisher:: University of Tennessee Press Reprint edition
language:: English
Publication Year:: 2016
Pages:: 277
Dimensions:: 15.2 x 2 x 22.9 cm
Genre:: History, Britain & Ireland, Edwardian and Early 20th Century 1901-1913, Michael Bryant,Eyewitness to Genocide: The Operation Reinhard Death Camp Trials, 1955-1966 (Legacies of War),University of Tennessee Press,1621902625,History: World & General,His
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Eyewitness to Genocide: The Operation Reinhard Death Camp Trials, 1955-1966 by Michael S. Bryant The Nazi regime's "Operation Reinhard" produced three major death camps - Belzec, Treblinka, and Sobibor - resulting in the deaths of 1.8 million Jews. In the 1960s, a small measure of justice was served when a score of defendants who had been officers and guards at the camps were convicted of war crimes in West German courts. The conviction rates varied significantly, with some defendants receiving lenient punishments. However, a meticulous examination of the trials reveals that the key to successful prosecutions was eyewitness testimony. The courts treated these witnesses with respect, making allowances for conflicting testimony. The judges acted in accordance with strict legal definitions of perpetration, complicity, and action under duress. This book provides a detailed history of the Operation Reinhard trials, shedding light on a disturbing question: did compromised jurists engineer acquittals or lenient punishments for proven killers? Drawing on rarely studied archival sources, Michael S. Bryant concludes that the trial judges acted in good faith within the bounds of West German law.

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