Chapter 5 The SS as the “Alibi of a Nation”? Narrative Continuities from the Nuremberg Trials to the 1960s

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Figures vii
4. List of Abbreviations ix
5. Foreword xi
6. Introduction Nuremberg’s Narratives. Revising the Legacy of the “Subsequent Trials” 1
7. Chapter 1 The Trials of Robert Kempner. From Stateless Immigrant to Prosecutor of the Foreign Office 23
8. Chapter 2 A Judge, a Prosecutor, and a Mass Murderer. Courtroom Dynamics in the SSEinsatzgruppen Trial 47
9. Chapter 3 Victims, Witnesses, and the Ethical Legacy of the Nuremberg Medical Trial 74
10. Chapter 4 Semantics of Extermination. The Use of the New Term of Genocide in the Nuremberg Trials and the Genesis of a Master Narrative 104
11. Chapter 5 The SS as the “Alibi of a Nation”? Narrative Continuities from the Nuremberg Trials to the 1960s 134
12. Chapter 6 Tales of Totalitarianism. Conflicting Narratives in the Industrialist Cases at Nuremberg 161
13. Chapter 7 From Clean Hands to Vernichtungskrieg. How the High Command Case Shaped the Image of the Wehrmacht 194
14. Chapter 8 The Power of Images. Real and Fictional Roles of Atrocity Film Footage at Nuremberg 221
15. Chapter 9 The Fate of Nuremberg. The Legacy and Impact of the Subsequent Nuremberg Trials in Postwar Germany 249
16. Chapter 10 From IMT to NMT. The Emergence of a Jurisprudence of Atrocity 276
17. Select Bibliography 296
18. Notes on Contributors 306
19. Index 309