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List of Abbreviations

Foreword
Michael Marrus

Introduction: Nuremberg's Narratives - Revising the Legacy of the "Subsequent Trials"
Kim C. Priemel and Alexa Stiller

Chapter 1.The Trials of Robert Kempner. From Stateless Immigrant to Prosecutor of the Foreign Office
Dirk Pöppmann

Chapter 2. A Judge, a Prosecutor and a Mass Murderer: Courtroom Dynamics in the SS-Einsatzgruppen Trial
Hilary Earl

Chapter 3. Victims, Witnesses and the Ethical Legacy of the Nuremberg Medical Trial
Paul Weindling

Chapter 4. Semantics of Extermination: The Use of the New Term of Genocide in the Nuremberg Trials and the Genesis of a Master Narrative
Alexa Stiller

Chapter 5. The SS as the 'Alibi of a Nation'? Narrative Continuities from the Nuremberg Trials to the 1960s
Jan Erik Schulte

Chapter 6. Tales of Totalitarianism. Conflicting Narratives in the Industrialist Cases at Nuremberg
Kim C. Priemel

Chapter 7. From Clean Hands to Vernichtungskrieg: How the High Command Case Shaped the Image of the Wehrmacht
Valerie Hébert

Chapter 8. The Power of Images: Real and Fictional Roles of Atrocity Film Footage at Nuremberg
Ulrike Weckel

Chapter 9. The Fate of Nuremberg: The Legacy and Impact of the Subsequent Nuremberg Trials in Postwar Germany
Devin Pendas

Chapter 10. From IMT to NMT: The Emergence of a Jurisprudence of Atrocity
Lawrence Douglas

Bibliography
Notes on Contributors
Index

For decades the history of the US Military Tribunals at Nuremberg (NMT) has been eclipsed by the first Nuremberg trial-the International Military Tribunal or IMT. The dominant interpretation-neatly summarized in the ubiquitous formula of "Subsequent Trials"-ignores the unique historical and legal character of the NMT trials, which differed significantly from that of their predecessor. The NMT trials marked a decisive shift both in terms of analysis of the Third Reich and conceptualization of international criminal law. This volume is the first comprehensive examination of the NMT and brings together diverse perspectives from the fields of law, history, and political science, exploring the genesis, impact, and legacy of the twelve Military Tribunals held at Nuremberg between 1946 and 1949.

Alexa Stiller is Research Associate at the Department of Modern History and Contemporary History, University of Berne, Switzerland.