- Summary
- "The 1987 trial of SS Lieutenant Klaus Barbie in France for crimes against humanity was a watershed moment not only in France's efforts to come to terms with its wartime past, but also in the evolution of international justice. It was the first major French war crimes trial after the immediate aftermath of the Second World War. "Justice in Lyon" is the first substantial study of the trial and how it shaped French Holocaust and Resistance memory culture. Golsan argues that, despite a lukewarm reception to the trial from both lawyers and the public at the time, the court helped open the way towards a reconsideration of France's wartime history in both law and culture. After initial chapters on Barbie himself and the development of war crimes law from 1945 to 1980, Golsan analyses the interplay between the prosecution, Barbie's maverick defense (from the same lawyer who defended terrorist Carlos the Jackal), and the lawyers representing the victims (both Jews and Resistance fighters, who disagreed about the relative significance of Barbie's crimes.)"-- Provided by publisher.
- Format
- Book
- Author/Creator
- Golsan, Richard Joseph, 1952- author.
- Published
- Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2022]
©2022
- Locale
- France
Lyon
- Contents
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Klaus Barbie: Nazi "idealist"
The historical judicial backdrop: from Nuremberg to the 1980 Cologne trial of Kurt Lischka, Herbert Hagen, and Ernst Heinrichson
The investigation: war crimes, crimes against humanity, and the long road to compromise
The Barbie trial begins: opening rituals and the departure of the accused
The witnesses
The civil parties and prosecution make their case
Barbie's defence takes centre stage.
- Notes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-299) and index.
Klaus Barbie: Nazi "idealist" -- The historical judicial backdrop: from Nuremberg to the 1980 Cologne trial of Kurt Lischka, Herbert Hagen, and Ernst Heinrichson -- The investigation: war crimes, crimes against humanity, and the long road to compromise -- The Barbie trial begins: opening rituals and the departure of the accused -- The witnesses -- The civil parties and prosecution make their case -- Barbie's defence takes centre stage.
