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Other interesting parts. > Everyone in the court was issued with headphones to allow them to hear the charges being read in their native language, but the accu
by DirectorKrennic 3y ago
Other interesting parts.
> Everyone in the court was issued with headphones to allow them to hear the charges being read in their native language, but the accused showed little interest.
They were probably already resigned to the idea that they would be executed and thought there was little point in trying to pay attention and defend themselves. Most of them wished they were already dead.
> The British Government wanted to shoot the leaders once they were caught and formally identified - but the Soviet Union and US favoured a legal process.
It's ironic how the British wanted to resort to such uncivilized methods as summary execution without trial, while the Soviet preferred a legal path.
- dan-robertson 3y agoIs it actually ironic? Weren’t the soviets well-known for show trials? That is, were they arguing for a legal process or a legitimising one? I don’t know the reason for the British preference but I do feel there are arguments for it, e.g. if such a tribunal was expected to have predetermined results, why associate your legitimate legal system with it.
- refurb 3y agoNot only that, there was agreement among the allies on which war criminals would be turned over to whom for punishment. So the USSR might have preferred a trial since those who committed the worst offenses in the USSR would be turned over to them instead of being shot by the British. A good example are the Cossacks that fought on the side of the Axis. Although they were taken as POWs by the US and UK, they were put on trains and shipped back to the USSR to their eventual deaths.
- ekianjo 3y agoMost germans POW in Russia were never returned back to their country after the war and died in russian camps.
- hef19898 3y agoThat's what people believe. It took quite a whilemlonger for German POWs in the USSR tonreturn, butvthe Adenauer government ultimately srtuckna deal, and they returned. By the way, the survival rate of those POWs wasn't that bad neither. Especially given the overall situation of the USSR at the time.
- dmingod666 3y agoThey sort of have a nice record to show for it: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jallianwala_Bagh_massacre https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jallianwala_Bagh_massacre
- skhr0680 3y agoThe British were also strongly in favor of accepting a German surrender then immediately attacking the Soviets
- tropicaljacket 3y agoWhy is it ironic? Maybe you think too highly of the British empire?