000458431 000__ 03109cam\a2200445\a\4500 000458431 001__ 458431 000458431 005__ 20220628135701.0 000458431 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 000458431 007__ cr\cn\nnnunnun 000458431 008__ 110314s2012\\\\mauf\\\\ob\\\\001\0\eng\d 000458431 010__ $$z2011011137 000458431 020__ $$a9780674063129$$qelectronic book 000458431 020__ $$z9780674061576 000458431 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocn768761303 000458431 035__ $$a(CaPaEBR)ebr10518207 000458431 035__ $$a458431 000458431 037__ $$a10.4159/harvard.9780674063129$$bDOI 000458431 040__ $$aCaPaEBR$$beng$$cCaPaEBR 000458431 043__ $$ae-gx--- 000458431 05014 $$aKK73.5.D32$$bJ37 2012eb 000458431 08204 $$a341.6/90268$$222 000458431 1001_ $$aJardim, Tomaz,$$d1974- 000458431 24514 $$aThe Mauthausen trial$$h[electronic resource] :$$bAmerican military justice in Germany /$$cTomaz Jardim. 000458431 260__ $$aCambridge, Mass. :$$bHarvard University Press,$$c2012. 000458431 300__ $$a1 online resource (276 p.), [14] pages of plates. 000458431 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 000458431 5050_ $$aIntroduction -- War crimes trials and the U.S. Army -- American investigators at Mauthausen -- The prosecution crafts its case -- The defendants in the dock -- Judgment at Dachau -- Conclusion. 000458431 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 000458431 520__ $$a"Shortly after 9:00 a.m. on May 27, 1947, the first of forty-nine men condemned to death for war crimes at Mauthausen concentration camp mounted the gallows at Landsberg prison near Munich. The mass execution that followed resulted from an American military trial conducted at Dachau in the spring of 1946 - a trial that lasted only thirty-six days and yet produced more death sentences than any other in American history. The Mauthausen trial was part of a massive series of proceedings designed to judge and punish Nazi war criminals in the most expedient manner the law would allow. There was no doubt that the crimes had been monstrous. Yet despite meting out punishment to a group of incontestably guilty men, the Mauthausen trial reveals a troubling and seldom-recognized face of American postwar justice - one characterized by rapid proceedings, lax rules of evidence, and questionable interrogations. Although the better-known Nuremberg trials are often regarded as epitomizing American judicial ideals, these trials were in fact the exception to the rule. Instead, as Tomaz Jardim convincingly demonstrates, the rough justice of the Mauthausen trial remains indicative of the most common - and yet least understood - American approach to war crimes prosecution. The Mauthausen Trial forces reflection on the implications of compromising legal standards in order to guarantee that guilty people do not walk free."--Pub. desc. 000458431 588__ $$aDescription based on print version record. 000458431 61020 $$aMauthausen (Concentration camp) 000458431 650_0 $$aWar crime trials$$zGermany$$zDachau. 000458431 650_0 $$aTrials (Genocide)$$zGermany$$zDachau. 000458431 650_0 $$aWorld War, 1939-1945$$xAtrocities. 000458431 650_0 $$aHolocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)$$zAustria. 000458431 77608 $$iPrint version:$$aJardim, Tomaz, 1974-$$tMauthausen trial.$$dCambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2012$$z9780674061576$$w(DLC) 2011011137$$w(OCoLC)708243796 000458431 85280 $$bebk$$hHarvard University Press 000458431 85640 $$3Harvard University Press$$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674063129$$zOnline Access 000458431 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:458431$$pGLOBAL_SET 000458431 980__ $$aEBOOK 000458431 980__ $$aBIB 000458431 982__ $$aEbook 000458431 983__ $$aOnline