The Nuremberg Trials - The Complete Proceedings Vol 16: The Case against Seyss-Inquart, Papen and Speer (The Third Reich from Original Sources) (English Edition) [Kindle-editie] beoordelingen het boek quotes

This is the sixteenth volume in the complete proceedings of the Nuremberg trial of the German major war criminals before the International Military Tribunal sitting at Nuremberg, Germany.Taken from the original court transcript this volume covers the proceedings from 7th to 19th June, 1946 and represents an essential primary source for scholars and general readers alike. The transcripts are complete and contain the whole of the proceedings as taken from the original court documents.This volume concludes the trial of Alfred Jodl, and includes evidence on agression against Czechoslovakia, partisan warfare and the 'Scorched Earth' policy in NorwayThe cases against Arthur Seyss-Inquart, Franz von Papen and Albert Speer are begun.Seyss-Inquart was the Federal Chancellor of Austria and Reichskommissar of the occupied Dutch territories. The case includes his personal testimony about the Austrian Anschluss and the Jewish question, and also include evidence about the nazification of Holland, forced labour and the Dutch famine in 1944.Von Papen was briefly the Chancellor of Germany in 1932, then served as Vice-Chancellor under Hitler in 1933-34. During the war he was Ambassador to Turkey. Alfred Speer was Hitler’s architect and the minister of Armaments and War Production. He was one of the few men who accepted some responsibility for his actions during the war.