The Mauthausen trial : American military justice in Germany / Tomaz Jardim.

The Mauthausen trial was part of a massive series of proceedings designed to judge and punish Nazi war criminals in the most expedient manner the law would allow. There was no doubt that the crimes had been monstrous. Yet despite meting out punishment to a group of incontestably guilty men, the Maut...

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Main Author: Jardim, Tomaz, 1974-
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2012.
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Physical Description:276 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Format: Book

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