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The Frankfurt Auschwitz Trials

The Frankfurt Auschwitz Trials

FromWitness History: World War Two


The Frankfurt Auschwitz Trials

FromWitness History: World War Two

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Length:
10 minutes
Released:
Aug 21, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Hear from one of the German prosecution lawyers who helped put Nazi war criminals on trial 20 years after World War Two had ended. Gerhard Wiese has been speaking to Lucy Burns about the trial, and about visiting the Auschwitz death camp with other members of the court.

Photo: Members of the Frankfurt court and several journalists pass through the Auschwitz camp gate with the words "Arbeit macht frei" (work brings freedom) above them. December 14,1964. Credit: Press Association.
Released:
Aug 21, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

More than 50 first-hand accounts of significant moments in WW2. Looking back at almost six years of global conflict, from Hiroshima to the Holocaust.