Remembering in Vain: The Klaus Barbie Trial and Crimes Against Humanity Tapa dura - 1992
de Alain Finkielkraut
Descripción de contraportada
In 1988, during what was probably one of the last trials of a Nazi war criminal - and the first of such trials to take place in France - Klaus Barbie, the notorious "Butcher of Lyons", was found guilty of crimes against humanity and sentenced to life in prison. Yet despite the memories stirred and despite the verdict, to Alain Finkielkraut the trial was a moral failure. In Remembering in Vain: The Klaus Barbie Trial and Crimes Against Humanity, Finkielkraut maintains that the Barbie trial attests to the failure of international society to take responsibility for criminals of state. Trying Barbie not only for actions against Jews but also for actions against the Resistance - actions heretofore considered war crimes on which the statute of limitations had run out - the French court blurred the definition of crimes against humanity. Finkielkraut finds most disturbing how seriously the arguments of the defense were taken in media responses to the trial. Manipulating the guilty conscience of the West by concentrating on French colonial crimes of the post-World War II era, Barbie's lawyers became accusers, disputing the special significance of the Holocaust and portraying nearly everyone as guilty - except Barbie himself. Remembering in Vain is Finkielkraut's passionate reminder that the Holocaust struck a mortal blow against the very idea of human progress, a blow that the West and the Third World cannot afford to forget or ignore. A substantial introduction by Alice Kaplan situates the book for an American audience, providing background on Klaus Barbie, the trial, and the Resistance. A glossary of names and terms is included.
Detalles
- Título Remembering in Vain: The Klaus Barbie Trial and Crimes Against Humanity
- Autor Alain Finkielkraut
- Encuadernación Tapa dura
- Edición [ Edition: first
- Páginas 102
- Volúmenes 1
- Idioma ENG
- Editorial Columbia University Press, New York
- Fecha de publicación 1992-12-10
- ISBN 9780231074643 / 0231074646
- Peso 0.76 libras (0.34 kg)
- Dimensiones 8.55 x 5.82 x 0.65 pulgadas (21.72 x 14.78 x 1.65 cm)
- Nivel de lectura 1490
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Temas
- Chronological Period: 1940's
- Ethnic Orientation: Jewish
- Religious Orientation: Jewish
- Topical: Holocaust
- Library of Congress subjects Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) - France, Barbie, Klaus - Trials, litigation, etc
- Número de catálogo de la Librería del Congreso de EEUU 92019469
- Dewey Decimal Code 341.690
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