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"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…
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1 edition- Other · English · 1992Columbia University Press · 102 pages · 9780231074643
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)Trials, litigationAtrocitiesWorld War, 1939-1945War crime trialsWorld war, 1939-1945, atrocitiesWorld war, 1939-1945, franceProcès (Crimes de guerre)