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Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8
The Whispersync deal is only $4.98, for The Scourge of the Swastika: A History of Nazi War Crimes During World War II, by Lord Russell of Liverpool.
I've gotten into the pattern of not giving book descriptions, but I want--maybe need--to quote this one:
When discussing the German war crimes of the Second World War, modern histories have focused on the Holocaust. While the Final Solution was a unique and unparalleled horror, German atrocities did not end there. The Nazis terrorized their own citizens, tortured and murdered POWs, and carried out countless executions throughout occupied Europe. Lord Russell of Liverpool was part of the legal team that brought Nazi war criminals to justice, and from this first-hand position, he published the sensational, bestselling The Scourge of the Swastika in 1954. Liverpool shows that the actions of the Third Reich, including the Holocaust, were illegal, not merely immoral.
According to BookBub,
Lord Russell, Britain’s legal adviser at Nuremberg, was forced to resign after penning a book about German war crimes. Here is the controversial work that ended his career — a shocking exposé of atrocities committed under the Nazi regime.
Although I have not independently verified the information about Lord Russell being deep-sixed over his book, I have a lot of trust in BookBub's statements.
May I make a short political statement? Thank you. I think that far more defendants at Nuremberg and other post-War trials (U.S. Army, et al.) should have been hung. Same goes for Japanese who participated in atrocities. There was far too much leniency, IMHO. If Lord Russell was fired for revealing the truth, shame on those responsible for firing him!
Rated 4.2 at Amazon; a very good 3.93 (162) at GoodReads.
87% off of the digital list price--$1.99.
https://www.amazon.com/Scourge-Swast.../dp/B004UMRYDU. |
Reading the "free sample" of the book (by clicking on the book cover, still on Amazon, not on my kindle): the introduction is written by a guy who was sued for libel for stating that Lord Russell was fired for writing the book. Russel's contention was that he was given a choice of surpressing his book, or resigning. He resigned instead. (He also won the libel suit.) Germany was just being resuscitated at that point, so bad-mouthing them was thought a bad thing. Right NOW, we really need to know this stuff, so I'm glad he published.
Looks interesting.