1st Edition
The Holocaust and Soviet War Crimes Trials in the Cold War Context The 1964 Klaipėda War Crimes Trial
By Gintarė Malinauskaitė
Copyright 2024
216 Pages
18 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
216 Pages
18 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
216 Pages
18 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This volume aims to offer a fresh perspective towards the evaluation of Soviet war crimes trials of Holocaust perpetrators, their representation through various means of media, and their reception in the context of the Cold War. By examining the 1964 Klaipėda war crimes trial in Soviet Lithuania through a microhistorical perspective, the book explores the history of the “second wave”... Read more
1. Introduction
2. Prehistory of the Trial: Holocaust and Its Aftermath in Skuodas
3. Pre-Trial Investigations: Judicial and Extrajudicial Activities
4. The Trial: Rendering (In)Justice and Beyond
5. Cinematic Jurisprudence: Unfinished Page of a Diary and the Trial Documentary
6. Soviet (In)Justice Goes Abroad: Media Warfare and the Cold War
7. Conclusion
Biography
Gintarė Malinauskaitė is a historian focusing on Holocaust research, memory studies, war crimes trials, and the history of Central and Eastern Europe. She is currently working as a research fellow at the Lithuanian Institute of History.
