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245 1 0 _aTrial of the Major War Criminals Before the International Military Tribunal, Nuremburg, 14 November 1945-1 October 1946, Volume 11
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2021
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
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_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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_2rdacarrier
500 _av. 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.
500 _aTrial 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.
500 _aRelease date is 2021-05-23
508 _aJohn Routh, Cindy Beyer, and the online Project Gutenberg team at http://www.pgdpcanada.net.
520 _a"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.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aGöring, Hermann, 1893-1946 -- Trials, litigation, etc.
653 _aNuremberg Trial of Major German War Criminals, Nuremberg, Germany, 1945-1946
653 _aWar crime trials -- Germany -- Nuremberg
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/65428
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