Tyranny on Trial: The Trial of the Major German War Criminals at the End of the World War II at Nuremberg Germany 1945-1946

by Harris, Whitney R.

• ISBN13: 9780870744365
• ISBN10: 0870744364
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-09-01
• Publisher: Southern Methodist Univ Pr

Summary

Condensing an avalanche of documents and trial transcripts which reveal the horrific record of Hitler's twelve-year dictatorship, this book distills the evidence presented to the 1945-46 Nuremberg tribunal when former Nazi leaders were indicted and tried as war criminals. Whitney Harris's analysis uses verbatim accounts by key figures in the Nazi regime to tell the story of Hitler's rise to power, of Nazi planning and execution of war crimes and crimes against humanity, and of the final destruction of Nazi tyranny. It concludes with an explanation of the law of the case -- the judicial process, law and war, and the precedent of Nuremberg. The final chapter ends with the adoption of the Rome Treaty of 1998 creating the permanent International Criminal Court.

Table of Contents

Foreword	xi
Robert G. Storey
Author's Preface (1999)	xv
Acknowledgments	xxi
International Military Tribunal	xxiii
Prosecution Counsel	xxiii
Defendants	xxv
Defense Counsel	xxvii
Introduction	xxix
Robert H. Jackson
PART ONE: The Background
Negotiations	3	(22)
Accusations	25	(12)
The Rise to Power	37	(7)
The Consolidation of Power	44	(17)
PART TWO: Aggressive War
The Blood of Our Sons	61	(12)
Case Otto	73	(15)
Case Green	88	(14)
Case White	102	(27)
Weser Exercise	129	(9)
Case Yellow	138	(6)
Case Marita	144	(7)
Case Barbarossa	151	(7)
Alliance for Aggression	158	(17)
PART THREE: War Crimes
Let the Prisoners Perish	175	(9)
The Fight Behind the Lines	184	(23)
One Hundred for One	207	(13)
The Night and Fog Decree	220	(5)
To Certain Death	225	(7)
The Sagan Incident	232	(8)
Special Treatment	240	(6)
The Bullet Decree	246	(5)
The Katyn Massacre	251	(21)
The Mesny Murder	272	(9)
PART FOUR: Crimes Against Humanity
The Final Solution	281	(35)
The Murder Marts	316	(33)
The Einsatz Groups	349	(23)
We Are the Masters	372	(17)
Plunder	389	(17)
Slave Labor	406	(17)
Experiments in Sadism	423	(13)
The Third Degree	436	(7)
Hitler Before God	443	(12)
PART FIVE: The End
Flames	455	(13)
Ashes	468	(8)
Judgment	476	(15)
PART SIX: The Law of the Case
The Judicial Process	491	(11)
The Law and Crimes in War	502	(12)
The Law and Aggressive War	514	(25)
PART SEVEN: Justice After Nuremberg
Principles and Precedent	539	(32)
The International Criminal Court	571	(24)
Notes	595	(14)
Select Bibliography	609	(10)
Index	619