The Frankfurt Auschwitz trial, 1963-1965 : genocide, history, and the limits of the law
"The Frankfurt Auschwitz trial was the largest, most public, and most important trial of Holocaust perpetrators conducted in West German courts. Drawing on a wide range of archival sources, Devin O. Pendas provides a comprehensive history of this momentous event. Situating the trial in a thorough analysis of West German criminal law, the book argues that in confronting systematic, state-sponsored genocide, the Frankfurt court ran up against the limits of law. Because many of the key categories of German criminal law were defined with direct reference to the specific motives of the defendants, the trial was unable to grasp adequately the deep social roots and systematic character of Nazi genocide. Much of the trial's significance came from the vast public attention it captured, and this book provides a compelling account of the divided response to the trial among the West German public."--BOOK JACKET
xii, 340 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
9780521844062, 9780521127981, 0521844061, 052112798X
694510739
The antinomies of German law : motivation, action, and guilt
The trial actors
Indictment and order to convene, April-July 1963
Opening moves : 20 December 1963-6 February 1964
Taking evidence, 7 February 1964-6 May 1965
Closing arguments, 7 May 1965-12 August 1965
Judgment
Public reaction