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  1. Legal and epic alienation. Fritz Bauer’s critique of the Frankfurt Auschwitz trial (1963-1965) and Peter Weiss’s dramatic treatment of the trial in the investigation. Oratorio in 11 cantos (1965) Journal Article
    Steitz, Kerstin (2025)
    In: Law & Literature, 37(1), pp. 187-210
    Holocaust / Shoah Trials: particular National Socialism Arts Criminal law
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  2. Belated justice: Judging the past to build the future Contribution
    Fronza, Emanuela (2024)
    In: Vormbaum, Moritz (Eds.), The last Nazi trials, Springer, Berlin, pp. 193-206
    National Socialism Holocaust / Shoah Trials: particular Limitation of actions Aged Concentration camps Due process of law Punishment, Theories of
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  3. Atrocity then, trial now: The aesthetics, acoustics, and visualities of prosecuting Oskar Gröning Contribution
    Fournet, Caroline ; Drumbl, Mark (2024)
    In: Vormbaum, Moritz (Eds.), The last Nazi trials, Springer, Berlin, pp. 153-171
    National Socialism Concentration camps Holocaust / Shoah Witnesses Aged Criminal procedure Trials: particular
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  4. The guard and the secretary Contribution
    Douglas, Lawrence (2024)
    In: Vormbaum, Moritz (Eds.), The last Nazi trials, Springer, Berlin, pp. 123-131
    National Socialism Criminal law: complicity Crimes against humanity Genocide Concentration camps Holocaust / Shoah Antisemitism Trials: particular Criminal procedure
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  5. Justifying the late punishment of elderly Nazi criminals from the perspective of punishment theory Contribution
    Köpcke, Tobias (2024)
    In: Vormbaum, Moritz (Eds.), The last Nazi trials, Springer, Berlin, pp. 103-121
    National Socialism Trials: particular Holocaust / Shoah Aged Punishment, Theories of Punishment, Purposes of
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  6. The role of the criminal defence in the last Nazi trials Contribution
    Ohnesorge, Rebecca (2024)
    In: Vormbaum, Moritz (Eds.), The last Nazi trials, Springer, Berlin, pp. 89-100
    National Socialism Holocaust / Shoah Trials: particular Defendant/Defense/Defense counsel (criminal procedure) Concentration camps News media Criminal procedure
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  7. Reflections on the late prosecution of Nazi crimes by a counsel for co-plaintiffs Contribution
    Rückel, Christoph (2024)
    In: Vormbaum, Moritz (Eds.), The last Nazi trials, Springer, Berlin, pp. 71-87
    National Socialism Holocaust / Shoah Trials: particular Education Concentration camps Private prosecution
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  8. The verdict against Demjanjuk: A late correction Contribution
    Goetze, Kirsten (2024)
    In: Vormbaum, Moritz (Eds.), The last Nazi trials, Springer, Berlin, pp. 43-56
    National Socialism Holocaust / Shoah Antisemitism Concentration camps Criminal law: complicity Genocide Trials: particular European Court of Human Rights Criminal investigation
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  9. The Holocaust as the object of West German criminal justice Contribution
    Werle, Gerhard (2024)
    In: Vormbaum, Moritz (Eds.), The last Nazi trials, Springer, Berlin, pp. 23-41
    National Socialism Holocaust / Shoah Trials: particular Limitation of actions Genocide Antisemitism Military tribunals (international) Criminal law: complicity Retroactive laws International criminal law
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  10. From the ‘Poison Cabinet’ to the forefront of national identity: (West) Germany’s engagement with Nazi mass crimes and the Holocaust since 1945 Contribution
    Köhler, Thomas (2024)
    In: Vormbaum, Moritz (Eds.), The last Nazi trials, Springer, Berlin, pp. 7-22
    National Socialism Trials: particular Criminal law: complicity Witnesses Holocaust / Shoah Antisemitism History
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  11. Hate crimes and hate speech in Germany: mapping of legal provisions and the interpretation of case law Contribution
    Carrera, Enara Garro (2024)
    In: Anderez Belategi, Mikel; Garro Carrera, Enara; Gordon Benito, Iñigo; Landa Gorostiza, Jon-Mirena (Eds.), Hate crimes in comparative legal perspective, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, pp. 39-77
    Hate crimes / Hate speech Defamation Sentences Antisemitism Discrimination Minorities Gender and gender identity Sexual orientation National Socialism Holocaust / Shoah Criminal policy Freedom of speech
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  12. The German origins of indirect perpetration through an organised apparatus of power Contribution
    Block, Johannes (2023)
    In: Block, Johannes (Eds.), Reconciling responsibility with reality. A comparative analysis of modes of active leadership liability in international criminal law, T.M.C. Asser Press, Den Haag, (International Criminal Justice Series, 33), pp. 11-79
    International criminal law Criminal law: complicity Criminal law: culpability Criminal law: theory International Criminal Court (ICC) Holocaust / Shoah National Socialism Antisemitism
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  13. The law of Damals, the Verbrecherstaat and postwar German justice Contribution
    Douglas, Lawrence (2022)
    In: Burghardt, Boris; Jeßberger, Florian; Vormbaum, Moritz (Eds.), Strafrecht und Systemunrecht. Festschrift für Gerhard Werle zum 70. Geburtstag, Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen, pp. 569-579
    National Socialism Offenses committed in public office Military tribunals (international) Crimes against humanity Genocide Crimes against peace Antisemitism Holocaust / Shoah Trials: particular Retroactive laws Transitional justice Homicide Criminal law: complicity
  14. Crimes committed by a state and culpability – can the perpetrators “at the bottom” of the organization be held culpable? Contribution
    Nestler, Cornelius (2020)
    In: Eisele, Jörg (Eds.), Past and future. Transitional justice versus traditional criminal justice? : Ways of dealing with past conflicts and past autocracies, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, Baden-Baden, (Beiträge zum Strafrecht - Contributions to Criminal Law, ), pp. 37-48
    Criminal law: complicity Offenses committed in public office Criminal law: theory Judgments Genocide Crimes against humanity Holocaust / Shoah
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  15. 300,000 counts of aiding and abetting murder Journal Article
    Bernhart, Fabian ; Tanner, Alexander ; Ahmad, Falaq ; Galvano, Joyce ; Herde, Tanja (2020)
    In: German Law Journal, 21(4), pp. 743-755
    Criminal law: complicity Criminal law: culpability Antisemitism Genocide Homicide Judgments National Socialism Holocaust / Shoah Concentration camps
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