The Nuremberg Trials

by Mitchell G. Bard

The first tribunal to judge war criminals was formed at the close of World War II in the German city of Nuremberg. Knowing that atrocities are common to warfare, the United States and its allies set out at the outset of the trial to prove that many in Hitler's Nazi regime had exceeded the scope of military barbarism and, instead, actively pursued crimes against humanity. From court transcripts, newspaper reportage, and personal remembrances, the Nuremberg Trial and its ramifications come to life in Greenhaven Press' anthology.

Genres: History

1 pages, Hardcover

First published January 28, 2001

About the author

Mitchell Bard is the Executive Director of the nonprofit American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise (AICE) and one of the leading authorities on U.S.-Middle East policy. Dr. Bard is also the director of the Jewish Virtual Library (www.JewishVirtualLibrary.org). Bard holds a Ph.D. in political science from UCLA. He has appeared on local, national, and international media outlets and written and edited 23 books, including After Anatevka - Tevye Goes to Palestine, Will Israel Survive? 48 Hours of Kristallnacht and The Arab Lobby.

Reviews

[Charlie · Rating 3 out of 5]

To be honest, I actually skimmed over portions of this book. It was not what I was expecting. It is an excellent book explaining the political difficulties, different philosophies, jealousies and infighting among the Allies after WWI. No to mention the rising threat of Russian communism. But, I was more interested in the actual trials than the behind-the-scenes workings of the different governments and their representatives.

[Charlie · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was different than I expected. It dealt more with the difficulties presented by the political squabbles, philosophical and different agendas of the allied powers than the actual trial itself. I admit there were parts of the book that I just skimmed because I was not very interested. However, this book helped me to understand better what the trials meant, how important they were and unfortunately, what they were unable to accomplish.

[Tommy · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Nuremberg Trials is an amazing book. I love historical books like this, it gives you all the important facts and all the little details. At first it take you to the second world war, how it ended and some of the high ranking Nazis who died in the war, like Hitler. It also starts with many of the war crimes they committed before and during the war. One of the stories was how the Germans were building houses in northern Germany and the construction company were digging a lot of holes to build the houses. All the sudden German military trucks started to pour in the area and troops were getting out. In the back of the trucks were Jews, all together throughout the day around five thousand Jews were brought into that area. When the Jews got out of the truck they were forced to undress, completely naked. Men woman and children of all ages were brought to the holes, and each and every one of them were shot dead until they could not fill the holes anymore. That was one of thousands of stories of the Nazis committing war crimes during the war. There were about 22 high ranking Nazis brought to trial and about 18 of them actually made it to trial because some committed suicide. Around 8 of them were sentence to death, mainly by hanging. Others were sentences to life in prison. I really like all the all the little details of this book and how different topics were written by different people. It makes the information feel more "trustworthy". At times there was a some big law talk so if your not a lawyer you might have trouble with some parts, but very few. I would recommend this book to anyone who loves history like me. Anyone in general should read this so they learn our history so it doesn't repeat itself.