This Pocket Essential looks at the Nuremberg Trials and at the personalities involved from defendants like Herman Goering and Rudolf Hess to the judges and the prosecuting and defending counsels. It provides a chronology of the proceedings in the court-room and refers frequently to the terrible events Nazi rule unleashed on Europe for which the defendants found themselves in the dock. The fates of the major players in the drama at Nuremberg are all revealed. Walker asks the questions that were raised at the time and have not been answered.
Author Biography
Andrew Walker has written articles for the Waterstone's Guide to London Writing and the Waterstone's Guide to Ideas and reviews for W magazine. This is his first book.
Reviews
No trial provides a better basis for understanding the nature and causes of evil than do the Nuremberg Trials.Nazi War Trials offers a concise overview of these historic proceedings."
