Dean, Carolyn J. 1960-

The moral witness : trials and testimony after genocide / Carolyn J. Dean. - Ithaca : Cornell University Press, (c)2019. - 1 online resource (vii, 188 pages). - Corpus juris : the humanities in politics and law .

Includes bibliographies and index.

The witness as righteous avenger : the Tehlirian and Schwarzbard trials, 1921 and 1927 -- The concentration camp witness : the libel cases of Victor Kravchenko and David Rousset, 1949 and 1951 -- The Holocaust survivor witness : the Eichmann trial -- The global witness and the counter witness.

"The Moral Witness maps the emergence of a 'witness to genocide' over a century, from its origins in interwar court trials to the Jewish Holocaust survivor and to today's global witness, who represents new obligations to suffering humanity at home and abroad"--



9781501735097 9781501735080

2018047925


Genocide--Historiography.
Genocide--Moral and ethical aspects.
Witnesses.
Genocide survivors.
Trials (Genocide)


Electronic Books.

HV6322 / .M673 2019