war crime trials

This biography of one of the key figures of the Jewish Holocaust is important for understanding the details that led to one of the most grisly periods of human history, as well as for those looking to bear witness to the Holocaust. The biography details Eichmann’s life as a young man, how he moved up the ranks within the Nazi regime, and his eventual self-exile to Argentina, where he hid until he was discovered and brought to trial for his crimes.

At the end of World War II, the Allies decided to put Nazi leaders on trial for their crimes, including the Holocaust. This title discusses some of those cases.

Describes how the lives of philosopher-patriot Okawa Shumei and U.S. Army psychiatrist Major Daniel Jaffe converged at the Tokyo war crimes trials of 1946. Civilian Okawa was charged with crimes against humanity, and Jaffe was assigned to determine Okawa's ability to stand trial, and thus his fate.

Translation of a German novel about the erotic awakening of fifteen-year-old Michael Berg who engages in a secret affair with a mysterious older woman.

Explores the lives of six Nazi war criminals and the roles they played in implementing the Final Solution to the Jewish Question.

Describes the disease, torture, and deprivation of both Allied and Filipino prisoners as they were forced to march several miles to prison camps in the Philippines in April 1942; with personal testimonies from some of those who survived.

A history of the international war crimes trials that followed World War II, examining the reasoning that led to the charges, the conduct of the trials, and their outcomes, with biographical information on the defendants.

A collection of essays that explore various aspects of the Nuremberg Trials in which the Allied nations prosecuted the Nazis for crimes against humanity during World War II, examining trial preparation, the prosecution, the challenge of being fair, and the verdicts and conclusions.