Project Gutenberg
2021-05-23
Public domain in the USA.
39
Various
Verschillende
Various, Various
Trial of the Major War Criminals Before the International Military Tribunal, Nuremburg, 14 November 1945-1 October 1946, Volume 11
v. 1. Official documents; v. 2-22. Proceedings; v. 23. Chronological index, subject index; v. 24. Document index, name index, and errata; v. 25-42. Documents and other material in evidence.
Trial against H.W. Göring, R. Hess, J. von Ribbentrop, R. Ley, W. Keitel, E. Kaltenbrunner, A. Rosenberg, H. Frank, W. Frick, J. Streicher, W. Funk, H. Schacht, G. Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach, K. Dönitz, E. Raeder, B. von Schirach, F. Sauckel, A. Jodl, M. Bormann, F. von Papen, A. Seyss-Inquart, A. Speer, C. von Neurath, and H. Fritzsche, individually and as members of any groups or organizations to which they belonged.
Reading ease score: 60.5 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.
John Routh, Cindy Beyer, and the online Project Gutenberg team at http://www.pgdpcanada.net.
"Trial of the Major War Criminals Before the International Military Tribunal" is a historical account written in the late 1940s. This volume documents the proceedings of the Nuremberg Trials, focusing on the testimonies and cross-examinations of prominent Nazi officials as they are interrogated about war crimes and their roles during World War II. The text likely covers significant legal, moral, and political questions surrounding the accountability of leaders for their actions during a time of conflict. The opening of the volume presents a scene in the courtroom where the Deputy Chief Prosecutor for the UK, Sir David Maxwell-Fyfe, interrogates Wilhelm Keitel, a high-ranking Nazi official. The dialogue is based on Keitel's involvement in the decisions made regarding the shooting of officers who attempted to escape from a POW camp. This exchange reveals the complexity of Keitel's statements—his reluctance to admit wrongdoing, his contradictions, and his attempts to distance himself from decisions that led to severe human rights violations. Throughout the dialogue, there is an exploration of themes such as command responsibility and the moral dilemmas faced by military officials under authoritarian regimes. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
en
Göring, Hermann, 1893-1946 -- Trials, litigation, etc.
Nuremberg Trial of Major German War Criminals, Nuremberg, Germany, 1945-1946
War crime trials -- Germany -- Nuremberg
KZ
Text
Browsing: History - Warfare
Browsing: Law & Criminology
1703158
1703053
2024-09-27T05:26:59.884334
2023-09-28T05:54:54.050262
text/html
text/html
1717604
2021-05-23T23:48:26
text/html; charset=utf-8
649854
2024-09-27T05:27:19.583195
application/epub+zip
682626
2024-09-27T05:27:03.457303
application/epub+zip
633720
2024-09-27T05:27:01.513330
application/epub+zip
1093735
2024-09-27T05:27:31.115130
application/x-mobipocket-ebook
1026163
2024-09-27T05:27:17.597217
application/x-mobipocket-ebook
976990
2022-09-29T12:50:38.629486
application/x-mobipocket-ebook
1512400
1512327
2024-09-27T05:26:53.134347
2023-09-28T05:54:48.240225
text/plain; charset=us-ascii
text/plain
1512075
2021-05-23T23:48:26
text/plain; charset=utf-8
19042
2024-09-27T05:27:31.275131
application/rdf+xml
17045
2024-09-27T05:27:01.901294
image/jpeg
2572
2024-09-27T05:27:01.756267
image/jpeg
606726
2024-09-27T05:27:00.008310
application/octet-stream
application/zip
Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at
https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog