Trawniki Guards: Foot Soldiers of the Holocaust: Vol. 2, Investigations and Trials

by Josh Baldwin

WWII ended, legal reckoning began. At least 100 former Trawniki guards were investigated, arrested, and tried in the postwar period, mostly in the Soviet Union. Dozens were sentenced to death and executed. Others received 25 years' imprisonment in Soviet gulags. In 1955, a general amnesty caused all those imprisoned to be released. Nevertheless, in the 1960s, many were retried in "group" trials, receiving death sentences. Trials also took place in...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764363530
• ISBN13: 9780764363535
• Release Date: October 2022
• Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.2" x 8.6"