Dan Snow’s History Hit | 17 November 2019 | 0h 31m | Listen Later | iTunes
Interview with Mary Fulbrook about her book Reckonings: Legacies of Nazi Persecution and the Quest for Justice. Fulbrook argues that the West German justice process was far too lenient on many ex-Nazis, who had condemned thousands or even hundreds of thousands to their death. Discusses the justice process, what drove people to commit war crimes, and what stopped people from resisting them.