Allen Dulles, the OSS, and Nazi war criminals : the dynamics of selective prosecution
"This book examines the circumstances surrounding SS-Obergruppenfuhrer Karl Wolff's escape from prosecution for war crimes in 1945. Wolff avoided prosecution because of his role in 'Operation Sunrise', negotiations conducted by high-ranking American, Swiss and British officials -...
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| Format: | Livre |
| Langue: | English |
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New York, NY : Cambridge Univ. Press,
2013
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| Édition: | 1. publ. |
| Sujets: | War crime trials Nuremberg Trial of Major German War Criminals, Nuremberg, Germany, 1945-1946 Prosecution Operation Sunrise Dulles, Allen USA Wolff, Karl Kriegsverbrecherprozess Geschichte 1945-1984 |
| Description matérielle: | IX, 328 S. |
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- Machine generated contents note: 1. The protagonists: Karl Wolff and Allen Dulles; 2. Surrender in northern Italy: Operation Sunrise; 3. War crimes policy; 4. Protection from prosecution, 1945-1949; 5. Wolff's public image: hero or vernichtungsburokrat, 1950-1984; 6. Immunity and its origins: geopolitical interests; Conclusion.