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Introduction PART I: PRIOR HISTORY
FROM THE END OF THE WAR TO THE BEGINNING OF THE TRIALS (1918-1921) 1. The Allied Demand for Punishment 2. German Countermeasures and Allied Concessions-The First Step Towards Revising Versailles 3. From the Start of the Investigations to the First Trial Before the Reich Court 4. Digression: The Planned Trial of Wilhelm II and its Failure PART II: THE TRIALS BEFORE THE REICH COURT AND THE REICH PROSECUTOR'S INVESTIGATION (1921-1927) 1. Subject and Progress of the Trials 2. On the Charges: Atrocities and Systematic Inhuman Behavior by German Troops 3. On the Charge of Murder and Manslaughter of Members of the Enemy Civilian Population 4. The Charge of Mistreatment of Prisoners of War 5. On the Charge of Deportation and Forced Labor 6. On the Sea War in General and the Charge of Sinking Ships without Warning, Particularly in "Unrestricted" Submarine Warfare 7. On the Difficulty of Prosecuting Crimes in the Air War PART III: REPERCUSSIONS AND ADJUSTMENTS (1928-1945) 1. Trials in Absentia in Belgium and France and Their Aftermath 2. Once Again: The Sinking of the Llandovery Castle, or How a Crime Disappears 3. The Laws of War and War Crimes in World War II Conclusion Abbreviations Bibliography Index About the Author: Gerd Hankel, Dr. jur., M.A. (1957) is a legal scholar and guest fellow at the Hamburg Institute for Social Research. He has published extensively in the field of international (humanitarian/criminal) law and human rights.
FROM THE END OF THE WAR TO THE BEGINNING OF THE TRIALS (1918-1921) 1. The Allied Demand for Punishment 2. German Countermeasures and Allied Concessions-The First Step Towards Revising Versailles 3. From the Start of the Investigations to the First Trial Before the Reich Court 4. Digression: The Planned Trial of Wilhelm II and its Failure PART II: THE TRIALS BEFORE THE REICH COURT AND THE REICH PROSECUTOR'S INVESTIGATION (1921-1927) 1. Subject and Progress of the Trials 2. On the Charges: Atrocities and Systematic Inhuman Behavior by German Troops 3. On the Charge of Murder and Manslaughter of Members of the Enemy Civilian Population 4. The Charge of Mistreatment of Prisoners of War 5. On the Charge of Deportation and Forced Labor 6. On the Sea War in General and the Charge of Sinking Ships without Warning, Particularly in "Unrestricted" Submarine Warfare 7. On the Difficulty of Prosecuting Crimes in the Air War PART III: REPERCUSSIONS AND ADJUSTMENTS (1928-1945) 1. Trials in Absentia in Belgium and France and Their Aftermath 2. Once Again: The Sinking of the Llandovery Castle, or How a Crime Disappears 3. The Laws of War and War Crimes in World War II Conclusion Abbreviations Bibliography Index About the Author: Gerd Hankel, Dr. jur., M.A. (1957) is a legal scholar and guest fellow at the Hamburg Institute for Social Research. He has published extensively in the field of international (humanitarian/criminal) law and human rights.