The Nuremberg Trials: The Nazis and Their Crimes Against Humanity

by Paul Roland

Overview

'Roland's compelling account is highly readable.'
Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke, Professor of History, University of Exeter

Anyone wishing to understand the nature of evil can do no better than look within the pages of this book. When Hitler's 'thousand-year Reich' collapsed after twelve years of increasing repression, how were those responsible to be punished? Hitler, Himmler and Goebbels took their own lives to evade justice, but that still left Hermann Goering, Albert Speer, Hitler's one-time Deputy Fu¨hrer Rudolf Hess and many other prominent Nazis to be brought before the Allied courts.

This is the story of the Nuremberg Trials - the most important criminal hearings ever held, which established the principle that individuals will always be held responsible for their actions under international law, and which brought closure to World War II, allowing the reconstruction of Europe to begin.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781848589469
Publisher:	Arcturus Publishing
Publication date:	06/26/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	884,910
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

Paul Roland is the author of more than twenty books including recently Investigating the Unexplained, Crime Scenes, In the Minds of Murderers, The Complete Book of Ghosts and Hauntings. He is currently researching a history of the Third Reich. Paul has been a freelance feature writer and reviewer for UK publications for over twenty-five years.

Paul Roland is the author of more than twenty books including recently Investigating the Unexplained, Crime Scenes, In the Minds of Murderers, The Complete Book of Ghosts, The Crimes of Jack the Ripper, The Nazis and the Occult, and Hauntings. He is currently researching a history of the Third Reich. Paul has been a freelance feature writer and reviewer for many UK publications for over twenty-five years and a regular contributor to The Mail on Sunday, Kerrang and Total Film.

Table of Contents

Introduction 7

Preface: The Nightmare Revealed 10

Chapter 1 Why a Trial? 21

Chapter 2 The Accused 47

Chapter 3 Gathering the Evidence 103

Chapter 4 Nazism on Trial 123

Chapter 5 The Verdicts 229

Chapter 6 The Forgotten Trials 265

Epilogue 282

Acknowledgements 288