US EditionThe Auschwitz Trial Ended 60 Years Ago
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The sentences against SS-activists at the Auschwitz trial in Frankfurt 60 years ago were an important step in the investigation of the German Nazi crimes. Nevertheless, most concentration camp-activists got away without punishment. By Max Bauer.[more]
Gerhard Wiese (96) reports on the first Auschwitz trial 60 years ago in Frankfurt and the acts of mass murderers. 17 perpetrators were convicted.
Sixty years ago, the verdicts were handed down in the Frankfurt Auschwitz trial. 221 concentration camp survivors reported the crimes as witnesses. The student Peter Kalb was present as witness supervisor.
In 1963, West Germany was booming. Almost 20 years after the end of World War II, the horrors of the Second World War were to be left behind. But exactly during this time, the Auschwitz trials in Frankfurt am Main fell. The court, first and foremost Attorney General Fritz Bauer, wanted to bring to light the whole truth of the crimes of the National Socialists in Auschwitz and confront the Germans with their past. Today, 60 years ago, the first A…
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