Inside the Nuremberg Trial: A Prosecutor's Comprehensive Account, Vol. 1&2 (Set)

Inside the Nuremberg Trial is a two volume set that provides the most comprehensive and accessible representation of the trial of the major German war criminals before the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg, Germany following World War II. The author discusses the evidence, the arguments of counsel for both the Prosecution and the Defense, and the judgment of the International Military Tribunal. He covers each stage of the trial from early preparation to the judgment, and concludes with a summary of the legacy of the trial in recent history. Separate parts of the book deal with the presentation of the American, British, French, and Soviet delegations of the Prosecution, and separate chapters discuss the defense of each of the twenty-two defendants and each of the seven accused organizations. In addition, the author deals with the evidence of the persecution of the Jews before World War II through the evidence of the persecution and murder of Jews, Gypsies and others during the war. Separate chapters focus on the murders by the Einsatzgruppen (Special Task Force Group) and the destruction of the Warsaw ghetto.

Inside the Nuremberg Trial is a two volume set that provides the most comprehensive and accessible representation of the trial of the major German war criminals before the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg, Germany following World War II. The author discusses the evidence, the arguments of counsel for both the Prosecution and the Defense, and the judgment of the International Military Tribunal. He covers each stage of the trial from early preparation to the judgment, and concludes with a summary of the legacy of the trial in recent history. Separate parts of the book deal with the presentation of the American, British, French, and Soviet delegations of the Prosecution, and separate chapters discuss the defense of each of the twenty-two defendants and each of the seven accused organizations. In addition, the author deals with the evidence of the persecution of the Jews before World War II through the evidence of the persecution and murder of Jews, Gypsies and others during the war. Separate chapters focus on the murders by the Einsatzgruppen (Special Task Force Group) and the destruction of the Warsaw ghetto.

Author Biography: Drexel A. Sprecher was Assistant Trial Counsel at the first Nuremberg Trial and was Editor-in-Chief of the official fifteen volume "Trials of War Criminals Before the Nuremberg Military Tribunals".

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Sprecher, who was assistant to the American Chief Prosecutor at the Nuremberg trial, presents a two-volume account of the trial starting with a summary of the events leading to World War II and ending with a critique of the year-long trial's place in history. In 122 chapters, he covers the Nazi seizure of power, the oppression and persecution of various groups in Germany and early measures against the Jews, the vast rearmament of Germany, Nazi aggressions against neighboring states, the establishment of concentration camps, and the extermination of Jews, Gypsies, and other minority groups. He also describes the complex and often difficult process of establishing and conducting a multinational, multilingual war crimes trial. Each volume contains several b&w photographs. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Drexel A. Sprecher was Assistant Trial Counsel at the first Nuremberg Trial and was Editor-in-Chief of the official fifteen volume Trials of War Criminals Before the Nuremberg Military Tribunals.