The Frankfurt Auschwitz Trial 1963-1965

The Frankfurt Auschwitz trial was the largest most public and most important trial of Holocaust perpetrators conducted in West German courts. Drawing on a wide range of archival sources Devin O. Pendas provides a comprehensive history of this momentous event. Situating the trial in a thorough analysis of West German criminal law the book argues that in confronting systematic state-sponsored genocide the Frankfurt court ran up against the limits of law. This book provides a compelling account of the divided response to the trial among the West German public.