Adenauer's Germany and the Nazi Past: The Politics of Amnesty and Integration

by Norbert Frei

Of all the aspects of recovery in postwar Germany perhaps none was as critical or as complicated as the matter of dealing with Nazi criminals, and, more broadly, with the Nazi past. While on the international stage German officials spoke with contrition of their nation's burden of guilt, at home questions of responsibility and retribution were not so clear. In this masterful examination of Germany under Adenauer, Norbert Frei shows that, beginning...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231118821
• ISBN13: 9780231118828
• Release Date: June 2002
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 365 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.4" x 9.3"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher