LEADER 04193cam a2200409Ia 4500001 136041 005 20240621203824.0 008 080116s2002 xx rb 000 0 eng 028 52 2045535 |bUMI 035 (OCoLC)ocn256498993 035 136041 049 LHMA 040 LHM |beng |erda |cLHM 090 HV6569.G3 |bS682 2002 100 1 Snyder, David Raub, |d1964- 245 14 The prosecution and punishment of sex offenders in the Wehrmacht, 1939-1945 / |cby David Raub Snyder. 264 1 [Place of publication not identified] : |b[publisher not identified], |c2002. 300 392 pages 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 502 Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Nebraska--Lincoln, 2002. 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 382-392). 505 0 The historiography of Wehrmachtjustiz : a limited perspective -- The military administration of justice, 1933-1939 -- Wehrmachtjustiz at war -- The Wehrmacht's penal and parole system -- Method and selection of case files -- Homosexuality and violations of Paragraphs 175 and 175a -- Sexual assault -- Child molestation and incest -- Intoxication and diminished responsibility. 520 Based on the German military's perceived lessons of the First World War and its predictions about total war, the Wehrmacht designed the newly reconstituted military administration of justice to maintain a frictionless Wehrgemeinschaft and prevent a second "stab in the back." Many Nazi fanatics undoubtedly entered the military judiciary, using the courts as a forum for their National Socialist views and attempting to implement the Führer's will. Yet too many countervailing forces existed, primarily the institution of the Gerichtsherr, the military commander with supreme legal authority over the court attached to his unit, for fanatic jurists to dispense ideologically motivated "justice." The Gerichtsherren dominated the military judicial system, harnessing the "law" to serve immediate military interests, which changed according to time, location, and the general war situation. The willingness of these commanders to sacrifice thousands of deserters, "subversives," and other recalcitrant soldiers stands as one more indictment of the Wehrmacht. However, if the Wehrmacht executed unwilling soldiers at an ever-faster pace, it more and more quickly reintegrated rapists, child molesters, and, more often than not, homosexuals back into the regular troops. A brutal penal and parole system, which rechanneled the Wehrmacht's usable human materiel back to the front and channeled those no longer willing to carry a weapon to concentration camps, assisted the military judiciary in maintaining the Wehrgemeinschaft . Based on the perceived lessons of the First World War, the system was refined and brutalized in response to successive military crises and developed relatively independently of the accompanying fascist circumstances. The Gerichtsherren, jurists, and penal institutions largely concerned themselves with three questions: Will this individual carry a weapon in good faith? Will this individual adversely impact discipline? Will this individual hinder the prosecution of the war or occupation policies? Nazi ideology had little influence in the judicial process, and soldiers ensnared in the military judicial machinery could be welcomed back into the Wehrgemeinschaft if they were willing to contribute to the Endsieg, the ultimate victory 530 Electronic version(s) |bavailable internally at USHMM. 533 Photocopy. |bAnn Arbor, Mich. : |cUMI Dissertation Services, |d2007. |e22 cm. 590 Dissertations and Theses 591 Record updated by Marcive processing 21 June 2024 650 0 Sex crimes |zGermany |xHistory |y20th century. 650 0 Military courts |zGermany |xHistory |y20th century. 610 10 Germany. |bWehrmacht. 650 0 National socialism and justice. 650 7 Sexual violence. |2homoit 956 41 |u http://dc.ushmm.org/library/bib136041/3045535.pdf |z Hosted by USHMM. 852 0 |bstacks |hHV6569.G3 |iS682 2002 852 0 |bebook