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Title: Interrogations: The Nazi Elite in Allied Hands, 1945 by Richard Overy ISBN: 0142001589 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: October, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $17.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5
Rating: 4
Summary: insight into the political machine and crimes of the Nazis
Comment: "Interrogations" by Richard Overy is an important book concentrating on the question of prosecution of the perpetrators of Nazi crimes during the WWII during the Nuremberg Trials. The book additionally claims a few insights into the character of Hitler political and military leadership, organization of Nazi state, character of Hitler's minions and the effects of these structures of German people.
First half of the book concerns itself with some legal questions facing the Nuremberg trials, dealing mostly with the ambiguous nature of the tribunal as both legislative and judicial authority, questions of legitimacy of the trial and reconciliation of French and Russian "rational" legal traditions and precepts of Anglo-Saxon common law. Additionally, political problems and disagreements between the Allies on the nature of persecution (although not punishment) are presented in some detail. Later, main defendants and their careers are introduced and the narrative moves to the trial itself.
In the second half, one finds affidavits and interview records for major defendants dealing with the nature and character of leadership and decision making in Nazi dictatorship. Most of them deal with the enigma of Hitler and his hold on military, economic and ideological character of Nazi state. Familiar arguments of "psychological" hold the superhuman strength of Furhers character, and the personal nature of the power structures in Nazi Germany are presented.
Overall, I find the sections dealing with the nature and legal aspects of persecution the most interesting. Unfortunately, the book suffers from the duality of purpose; one could not expect the exhaustive treatment of both the legal issues facing the Allies and nature of War in the same volume. Ad-mixture of primary sources as the Appendix is useful, if however diluting of the main points. One has a feeling that those were added to increase the size of the book, since they lack extensive indexing and other research tools one expects from the professional book in history.
Rating: 4
Summary: Good addition to literature on the Nuremberg Trials
Comment: 'Interrogations' brings some new light to the mode of thinking of many of the top Nazis. I have read both 'Nuremberg' by Persico and 'Nuremberg Diary' by Gilbert, and I feel that these books can all interplay with one another. 'Nuremberg' is the overall story of the trial and its main characters. 'Nuremberg Diary' takes us behinds the scenes, so that we see more of the psyche of the Nazis. And finally, this book, 'Interrogations', is a worthy prequel. These are the pre-trial interviews, an area that has been overlooked in the main by chroniclers of the war crimes trials. Here we get testimony concerning Albert Speer's alleged plot to kill Hitler and his cronies; the testimony of Robert Ley, which is often overlooked as he committed suicide before the trials began; and the mystery of Hess's 'amnesia.' Also, some sobering testimony from extermination camp guards, discussing how they hated working in the crematorium because of the smell, but they got used to it enough that they could eat a sandwich while working. Recommended.
Rating: 5
Summary: Greatness
Comment: Many books have been written giving detailed accounts of every aspect of World War II. This is the first I have read that takes you into the hearts and minds of the criminals responsible for the death and destruction during WW II. The what, where, and when have always been known. This helps to explain why they did what they did.
There is also strong similarities between then and now. ...
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Title: Masters of Death: The SS-Einsatzgruppen and the Invention of the Holocaust by Richard Rhodes ISBN: 0375409009 Publisher: Knopf Pub. Date: 07 May, 2002 List Price(USD): $27.50 |
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Title: Nuremberg Diary by Gustave M. Gilbert ISBN: 0306806614 Publisher: DaCapo Press Pub. Date: September, 1995 List Price(USD): $18.50 |
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Title: Hitler's Jewish Soldiers: The Untold Story of Nazi Racial Laws and Men of Jewish Descent in the German Military by Bryan Mark Rigg ISBN: 0700611789 Publisher: Univ Pr of Kansas Pub. Date: May, 2002 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Backing Hitler: Consent and Coercion in Nazi Germany by Robert Gellately ISBN: 0192802917 Publisher: Oxford Press Pub. Date: May, 2002 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: The Fall of Berlin 1945 by Antony Beevor ISBN: 0142002801 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: 29 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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