Language:
English
Year of publication:
2014
Titel der Quelle:
Holocaust Studies
Angaben zur Quelle:
20,3 (2014) 81-108
Keywords:
War crime trials
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War crime trials
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Public opinion
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Limitation of actions
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Limitation of actions
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Germany (West) Politics and government 1945-
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Great Britain Politics and government 1945-
Abstract:
Until 1979, the ability of West German courts to prosecute Nazi war criminals was hampered by a statute of limitations for acts of manslaughter and murders committed during the Third Reich. Throughout the 1960s, the issue generated considerable public discussion, both in Germany and in the international community. As prosecutors, politicians, journalists, and Holocaust survivors, among others, debated the need for continued war crimes trials, it was clear that there were significant limits to Western understandings of the Nazi genocide. Analyzes public responses to this debate in West Germany and in Great Britain. Argues that the whole affair has had a crucial impact on the development of international justice and today's pursuit of war criminals. In 1979 the statute of limitations was abolished completely in West Germany.
DOI:
10.1080/17504902.2014.11435376
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