Historians at the Frankfurt Auschwitz trial : their role as expert witnesses /
Mathew Turner.
Bok Engelsk 2019 · Electronic books.
| Omfang | 1 online resource (xiii, 236 pages)
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| Utgave | First edition.
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| Opplysninger | Introduction -- Background to Frankfurt: the IfZ, Gutachten and the Ulm Trial -- The Law Courts History: Pre-Trial Preparations -- Giving Evidence: The Historians' Court? Or Historians Caught? -- Judgement Day: Hofmeyer Reaches a Verdict -- Publishing Anatomie: Gutachten to Chapters -- Responding to Anatomie: Scholar React -- Receiving Anatomie: Hoe the Book Made History -- Conclusion -- Bibliography.. - "The Frankfurt Auschwitz trial was a milestone event in West German history. Between 1963 and 1965, former Auschwitz personnel were tried in Frankfurt am Main. It was a Holocaust perpetrator trial that saw the engagement of four of the nation's leading historians as expert witnesses - Martin Broszat, Hans Buchheim, Helmut Krausnick, and Hans-Adolf Jacobsen - appointed by the prosecution to give evidence pertaining to the historical and organisational context of the alleged crimes. Following the trial, the reports of these historians were published in a bestselling book, Anatomie des SS-Staates (Anatomy of the SS State). Mathew Turner here investigates the relationship between the trial and this publication. In recent years, more attention has been paid to the intersection between history and law that accompanies historians' entry into the courtroom. Very little, however, has been written about this intersection with a focus on a single case study. Based on original sources located in several German archives and first-hand interviews, this book addresses these connections through a study of West Germany's most famous trial, and the monumental work of history produced from the engagement of historical expertise in court"--Back cover.
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| ISBN | 1-350-98668-2. - 1-83860-865-6. - 1-83860-866-4
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