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AS THE C-54 cargo plane of the U.S. Army droned eastwards across the Atlantic, a smell of coffee roused the sixteen passengers from an uncomfortable sleep; but Justice Robert H. Jackson had not slept since leaving Washington at mid-day, when the Supreme Court had adjourned for the summer recess after a hectic week of last-minute appeals. Read the first page
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AS THE C-54 cargo plane of the U.S. Army droned eastwards across the Atlantic, a smell of coffee roused the sixteen passengers from an uncomfortable sleep; but Justice Robert H. Jackson had not slept since leaving Washington at mid-day, when the Supreme Court had adjourned for the summer recess after a hectic week of last-minute appeals. Read the first page
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This book is a fascinating insight as to what the reality of the Nurnberg MIT trials were all about. A trial or "show" trial from the outset, the defendants were guilty before the trial even got off the ground.
It really shows just how twisted the victors can become in order to justify the barbarity (on both sides.
The book arrived within the time stated on ordering and was about 20% cheaper than offered elsewhere.
It really shows just how twisted the victors can become in order to justify the barbarity (on both sides.
The book arrived within the time stated on ordering and was about 20% cheaper than offered elsewhere.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
How many today knew, before Irving's book that Robert H. Jackson, who served as the chief American prosecutor was arguing in Washington with his superiors, even before the Tribunal's opening session, emphatically expressing his ethical and professional position:
"If we want to [execute] Germans as a matter of policy, let it be done as such, but don't hide the deed behind a court. If you are determined to execute a man in any case, there is no occasion for a trial; the world yields no respect to courts that are merely organized to convict."
Irving shows that as Jackson came to more fully understand the nature of the role he was expected to play at Nuremberg, he became more troubled and dismayed.
Who knew before Irving's book that in some cases, the Nuremberg defendants were charged with or held guilty of crimes that were actually committed by the Allies. Most noteworthy, perhaps, is the massacre, at Katyn and elsewhere, of some 11,000-15,000 Polish officers and intellectuals. At Nuremberg Soviet prosecutors presented what they suggested was conclusive evidence of German responsibility for this crime, and several Germans whom a Soviet court had found guilty of these killings were publicly hanged in Leningrad. Yet we all know that the Soviets themselves were responsible.
Who today knows that the Allies so grandly exploited the Tribunal for propaganda purposes that US-made "documentary" films of German atrocities which the defendants were forced to watch, deceitfully included scenes of corpses filmed in the wake of Allied air raids on German cities and factories. And who knew that some of the German viewers spotted the deception. I didn't before Irving's book made it known.
Etc., etc.
Irving presents much unknown data of this sort in this well-researched book. Whatever one may think of his political views, this is a very welcome addition to the history of WW2 and I am glad that we have someone like Irving who is prepared to do the research and present an alternative viewpoint to the biased 'victor's history' with which we have all been spoon-fed since birth.
"If we want to [execute] Germans as a matter of policy, let it be done as such, but don't hide the deed behind a court. If you are determined to execute a man in any case, there is no occasion for a trial; the world yields no respect to courts that are merely organized to convict."
Irving shows that as Jackson came to more fully understand the nature of the role he was expected to play at Nuremberg, he became more troubled and dismayed.
Who knew before Irving's book that in some cases, the Nuremberg defendants were charged with or held guilty of crimes that were actually committed by the Allies. Most noteworthy, perhaps, is the massacre, at Katyn and elsewhere, of some 11,000-15,000 Polish officers and intellectuals. At Nuremberg Soviet prosecutors presented what they suggested was conclusive evidence of German responsibility for this crime, and several Germans whom a Soviet court had found guilty of these killings were publicly hanged in Leningrad. Yet we all know that the Soviets themselves were responsible.
Who today knows that the Allies so grandly exploited the Tribunal for propaganda purposes that US-made "documentary" films of German atrocities which the defendants were forced to watch, deceitfully included scenes of corpses filmed in the wake of Allied air raids on German cities and factories. And who knew that some of the German viewers spotted the deception. I didn't before Irving's book made it known.
Etc., etc.
Irving presents much unknown data of this sort in this well-researched book. Whatever one may think of his political views, this is a very welcome addition to the history of WW2 and I am glad that we have someone like Irving who is prepared to do the research and present an alternative viewpoint to the biased 'victor's history' with which we have all been spoon-fed since birth.
53 of 70 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
A great and wonderfully written history of one of the darker times in our history. David Irving created a splendid work on this trial of the century. He describes in detail all of the participants and how they interacted. The purpose behind the trials at Nuremberg was to identify the various German and Italian leaders, brand them as war criminals and punish them with the full severity of international law. Irving used original documents including diaries and papers of the lawyers,of the judges, and of the defendants. With his concise style, Irving describes every facet of the trial. He also makes a very good point as to the hypocritical nature of the Allies. While the Allies had won the conflagration, they were trying these leaders for the same things they were also guilty of doing. I can highly recommend this history by David Irving...
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Take with a pinch of salt.
An intriguing book. I read it less for the political and historical aspect and more to shed light on the question of whether this was a fair trial, which I am researching as parts... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Matei Clej
LET THE TRUTH SET YOU FREE!!!
I looked forward to reading this book immensely, and I was not disappointed. I also highly recommend to read the following "CENSORED" books:
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Published on 3 Mar 2010 by Nathaniel D. Berkley "Nate"
A book of excuses.
Mr.Irving's book does not really add a great deal to our understanding of what took place at Nuremberg. Read more
Published on 8 Oct 2009 by R. C. J. Stewart
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