Blind Obedience and Denial

The Nuremberg Defendants

Andrew Sangster

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Casemate Publishers
01 October 2022

Second World War; War crimes; Legal history

"A revealing new examination of the men in the dock at Nuremberg - who they were, what they did, and their thoughts and attitudes towards the Third Reich and other senior Nazis as the trial progressed.

A revealing yet accessible examination of the Nuremberg trial, and most crucially all 23 men who stood accused, not just the most infamous Speer, Hess, and Göring. This account sets the scene by explaining the procedures, the legal context, and the moments of hypocrisy in the Allies' prosecution ignoring the fact that the Katyn massacre was a Soviet crime and overlooking carpet bombing.

Author Andrew Sangster discusses how the word ""Holocaust"" was not used until long after the trial, probably due to Russian objection as they had lost many more people, and because the Allies generally were not innocent of anti-Semitism themselves, especially Russia and Vichy France. However, the defendants to a person immediately recognised that this was the singular issue which placed them on the steps of the gallows, and their various defences on this charge are therefore crucial to understanding the trial. Sangster also explores how the prisoners related to one another in their approach to defending themselves on the charge of genocide and extermination camps, especially in facing the bully boy Göring.

This new study utilises not only the trial manuscripts, but the pre-trial interrogations, the views of the psychiatrists and psychologists, and the often-overheard conversations between prisoners who did not know their guards spoke German to give the fullest exploration of the defendants, their state of mind, and their attitudes towards the Third Reich, Hitler and each other as they faced judgement by the victors of the war.

AUTHOR: Dr Andrew Sangster holds his doctorate in Modern European History as well as degrees in Law, Theology, History and English. He has written several biographies including Lord Alan Brooke, Beria, Franco, Göring, Goebbels, Himmler, a history of France 193646 and an account of the main European Secret Services before 1939."

By: Andrew Sangster
Imprint: Casemate Publishers
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 228mm, Width: 152mm,
ISBN: 9781636241784
ISBN 10: 1636241786
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 01 October 2022
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified

Dr Andrew Sangster holds his doctorate in Modern European History as well as degrees in Law, Theology, History and English. He has written several biographies including Lord Alan Brooke, Beria, Franco, Göring, Goebbels, Himmler, a history of France 1936–46 and an account of the main European Secret Services before 1939.

Reviews for Blind Obedience and Denial: The Nuremberg Defendants

This is an excellent summary of the trials' main points and defenses -- following orders, amnesia, under the influence of others, blame others, and even protestations of innocence. * The Historical Miniatures Gaming Society 11/01/2023 * WWII readers will forever be appreciative of what Andrew has prepared for us and our personal libraries. * ARGunners 10/11/2022 *