Article
Women and the Post-war Nazi Trials
Clio
(2014)
Abstract
“Women and the post-war Nazi Trials” written by Annette Wieviorka, translated by Jeanne Armstrong: Were women judged for crimes committed during the Nazi period? To attempt an answer to that question, one must make a distinction between the trials taking place immediately after the German capitulation in the different occupied zones, and those that were subsequently held in Nuremberg under new international law. The second set of trials concerned criminals holding responsibilities in the various organizations of the Nazi state: such responsibilities were not open to women. The earlier trials were held on the basis of existing laws, and concerned those who had personally, and with their own hands, perpetrated crimes. Analysis of these initial trials reveal that some very young women were condemned to death and hanged for crimes committed in the concentration camps.
Keywords
- Nazi war trials,
- Nuremberg,
- Women concentration camp guards
Disciplines
Publication Date
January 1, 2014
Citation Information
Annette Wieviorka and Jeanne Armstrong. "Women and the Post-war Nazi Trials" Clio Iss. 1 (2014) p. 151 - 156 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/jeanne_armstrong/12/