- Summary
- "The Nuremberg War Crimes Trial has become a symbol of justice, the pivotal moment when the civilized world stood up for Europe's Jews and, ultimately, for human rights. Yet the world, represented at the time by the Allied powers, almost did not stand up despite the magnitude of the horrors perpetrated by the Nazis. Seeking justice for the Holocaust had not been an automatic - or an obvious - mission for the Allies to pursue. In this book, Graham Cox recounts the remarkable negotiations and calculations that brought the United States and its allies to this point. At the center of this story is the collaboration between Franklin D. Roosevelt and Herbert C. Pell, Roosevelt's appointee as U.S. representative to the United Nations War Crimes Commission, in creating an international legal protocol to prosecute Nazi officials for war crimes and genocide. Pell emerges here as an unheralded force in pursuing justice and in framing human rights as an international concern. The book also enlarges our perspective on Roosevelt's policies regarding European Jews. With its broad new examination of the background and context of the Nuremberg trials, and its expanded view of the roles played by Roosevelt and his unlikely deputy Pell, 'Seeking Justice for the Holocaust' offers a deeper and more nuanced understanding of how the Allies came to hold Nazis accountable for their crimes against humanity."-- Back cover.
- Format
- Book
- Author/Creator
- Cox, Graham B., 1962- author.
- Published
- Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2019]
- Locale
- Germany
- Contents
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Forging a friendship
Ambassador to Portugal
Representative on the UN War Crimes Commission
Departure delayed
Seeking justice
Further State Department obstruction
Enlisting the Treasury Department
Justice, not vengeance
A conspiracy against civilization
The sacking of Pell
State acquiesces
Justice Jackson takes over
Protecting American sovereignty.
- Notes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Forging a friendship -- Ambassador to Portugal -- Representative on the UN War Crimes Commission -- Departure delayed -- Seeking justice -- Further State Department obstruction -- Enlisting the Treasury Department -- Justice, not vengeance -- A conspiracy against civilization -- The sacking of Pell -- State acquiesces -- Justice Jackson takes over -- Protecting American sovereignty.
