Bibliograph

Reckonings, legacies of Nazi persecution and the quest for justice, Mary Fulbrook

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Reckonings, legacies of Nazi persecution and the quest for justice, Mary Fulbrook

Language

eng

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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illustrationsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Reckonings

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1013516534

Responsibility statement

Mary Fulbrook

Sub title

legacies of Nazi persecution and the quest for justice

Table Of Contents

The significance of the Nazi past -- Part I : Chasms : patterns of persecution. The explosion of state-sponsored violence -- Institutionalized murder -- Microcosms of violence : Polish prisms -- Endpoints : the machinery of extermination -- Defining experiences -- Silence and communication -- Part II : Confrontations : landscapes of the law. Transitional justice -- Judging their own : selective justice in the successor states -- From euthanasia to genocide -- Major concentration camp trials : Auschwitz and beyond -- The diffraction of guilt -- Late, too late -- Part III : Connections : memories and explorations. Hearing the voices of victims -- Making sense of the past, living for the present -- Discomfort zones -- The sins of the fathers -- The long shadows of persecution -- Oblivion and memorialization -- Conclusions : A resonant past

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