Nuremberg Trials

di Kelly Mass (Autore)

Efalon Acies, 2025

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice. The Nuremberg Trials, conducted from 1945 to 1949, represented humanity's first systematic attempt to hold individuals accountable for crimes against peace, war crimes, and crimes against humanity on an international scale. These proceedings emerged from the ashes of World War II and the Holocaust, as the Allied powers grappled with how to respond to atrocities so unprecedented in scope and brutality that existing legal frameworks seemed inadequate to address them. The decision to pursue legal justice rather than summary execution or political retribution marked a watershed moment in international law and established principles that continue to influence global justice efforts today. The genesis of the Nuremberg Trials can be traced to the growing Allied awareness during the war of the systematic nature of Nazi atrocities. As Allied forces advanced into Nazi-occupied territory in 1944 and 1945, they encountered evidence of crimes that defied comprehension: death camps designed for industrial-scale murder, medical experiments on human subjects, the systematic starvation of prisoners of war, and the deliberate targeting of civilian populations. The liberation of concentration camps like Bergen-Belsen, Dachau, and Auschwitz provided incontrovertible proof of genocide and created a moral imperative for accountability that transcended traditional notions of victor's justice.

• Autore: Kelly Mass
• Durata in (hh:mm:ss): 00:43:50
• Anno edizione: 2025
• Editore: Efalon Acies
• EAN: 9798318346538

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