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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. ‘Show/trials’: The performative aspect of the late prosecution of Nazi crimes Contribution
    Arnold, Stefan ; Wilhelms, Kerstin (2024)
    In: Vormbaum, Moritz (Eds.), The last Nazi trials, Springer, Berlin, pp. 173-191
    National Socialism Trials: particular News media Concentration camps Sociological jurisprudence Criminal procedure Private prosecution Aged
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  4. 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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  5. 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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  6. 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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  7. 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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  8. 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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  9. 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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  10. 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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  11. 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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  12. Due process as the lawful response to the crimes of an unlawful regime Contribution
    Meier-Göring, Anne ; Ohlmann-Frieling, Tino (2024)
    In: Vormbaum, Moritz (Eds.), The last Nazi trials, Springer, Berlin, pp. 59-69
    National Socialism Trials: particular Rule of law Criminal law: complicity Criminal law: juveniles Evidence: criminal law Criminal law: attempt Due process of law
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  13. Theory and practice of sentencing in German international criminal law Contribution
    Geneuss, Julia (2024)
    In: Booth, Nina; Christensen, Mikkel; Mulgrew, Róisín; Phillip, Caroline (Eds.), Research handbook on the punishment of atrocity crimes, Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 218-239
    International criminal law Criminal law Sentences Crimes against humanity Genocide War crimes Slavery, forced labor, etc. Rome Statute Trials: particular Terrorism
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  14. The genocide against the Yazidis in the focus of the German Federal Court of Justice Journal Article
    Schramm, Edward (2024)
    In: Transatlantic Law Journal, pp. 58-61
    International criminal law Rome Statute Genocide Jurisdiction (international law) Criminal intent Codes and codification Trials: particular
  15. The implementation of international criminal law in Germany: The approach to modes of liability Contribution
    Nerlich, Volker (2023)
    In: Crippa, Maria; Jessberger, Florian; Meloni, Chantal (Eds.), Domesticating international criminal law. Reflections on the Italian and German experiences, Routledge, Abingdon, (Directions and Developments in Criminal Justice and Law, ), pp. 208-217
    Rome Statute International criminal law Criminal law: complicity Criminal intent Trials: particular