Inside the Nuremberg Trial: A Prosecutor's Comprehensive Account, Vol. 1&2 (Set)

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Inside the Nuremberg Trial is a two volume set that provides the most comprehensive and accessible representation of the trial of the major German war criminals before the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg, Germany following World War II. The author discusses the evidence, the arguments of counsel for both the Prosecution and the Defense, and the judgment of the International Military Tribunal. He covers each stage of the trial from early preparation to the judgment, and concludes with a summary of the legacy of the trial in recent history. Separate parts of the book deal with the presentation of the American, British, French, and Soviet delegations of the Prosecution, and separate chapters discuss the defense of each of the twenty-two defendants and each of the seven accused organizations. In addition, the author deals with the evidence of the persecution of the Jews before World War II through the evidence of the persecution and murder of Jews, Gypsies and others during the war. Separate chapters focus on the murders by the Einsatzgruppen (Special Task Force Group) and the destruction of the Warsaw ghetto.

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Sprecher faithfully records Robert Jackson's crusade for justice from start to finish. His book is the only one of its kind about the most important trial in history; it is a descriptive record of Nuremberg, from its preparatory phases to its consequent impact on international relations. -- Henry T. King, Jr., Prosecuting attorney at Nuremberg
...a very lucid summary of the IMT that portrays the vital outlines of the trial without requiring the reader to wade through the enormous mass of official trial records. -- Benjamin B. Ferencz, Chief Prosecutor of the Nuremberg Einsatzgruppen Case
...a very lucid summary of the IMT that portrays the vital outlines of the trial without requiring the reader to wade through the enormous mass of official trial records. -- Benjamin B. Ferencz, Chief Prosecutor of the Nuremberg "Einsatzgruppen Case"

Author Bio

Drexel A. Sprecher was Assistant Trial Counsel at the first Nuremberg Trial and was Editor-in-Chief of the official fifteen volume Trials of War Criminals Before the Nuremberg Military Tribunals.