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Are there any good documentaries or books that dig into this without getting to academic?
by dmix 3y ago
Are there any good documentaries or books that dig into this without getting to academic?
- 0xdeadbeefbabe 3y agoEichmann in My Hands by Peter Malkin
- sbenji 3y agoEichmann was not prosecuted until 1961. This prosecution was in Israel.
- eschulz 3y agoI'd be very curious to see what people recommend since I think it's very important to consider how the victors behaved at the end of the war. I studied some details about Nuremberg while in law school, from an Anglo American legal point of view, and then I spent a lot of time on wikipedia learning the historical background of the individuals involved.
- amsully 3y agoI've posted a top level comment as I felt it was worth it, but the last surviving prosecutor passed away April 2023 and wrote multiple inspiring works on the topic. Lookup Ben Ferencz' 'Parting Words' . While the book doesn't spend its entire time on the trial, it discusses the difficulties of holding people accountable for war crimes (even today).
- Animats 3y agoThe movie "Judgment at Nuremberg" (1961) is the classic summary. It's a docu-drama, but reasonably accurate. All the big stars of the day, from Spencer Tracy to Judy Garland. William Shatner has a minor role.
- billfruit 3y agoThe Final Reckoning: Nuremburg Diaries by Boris Polevoi provides a Soviet perspective. Also it is full of courtroom art/sketches from the proceedings.