Justice Behind the Iron Curtain: Nazis on Trial in Communist Poland

by Gabriel N. Finder, V. Prusin, Alexander, Gabriel Finder

Book Overview

In Justice behind the Iron Curtain, Gabriel N. Finder and Alexander V. Prusin examine Poland's role in prosecuting Nazi German criminals during the first decade and a half of the postwar era. Finder and Prusin contend that the Polish trials of Nazi war criminals were a pragmatic political response to postwar Polish society and Poles' cravings for vengeance against German Nazis. Although characterized by numerous inconsistencies,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1487522681
• ISBN13: 9781487522681
• Release Date: October 2018
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 14.8" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher