war crime trials

Explores genocide and persecution in East Pakistan, including the historical/cultural background of events leading up to and including the 1971 civil war which resulted in an independent Bangladesh, issues surrounding the civil war including, systematic rape, the status of freedom fighters, the issue of refugees and war crime trials.

Presents selections from Hannah Arendt's "Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil," as well as excerpts from Arent's reporting on high-ranking Nazi Adolf Eichmann's war crimes trial for "The New Yorker" magazine, in which she considers the tendency of ordinary people to follow orders and conform to mass opinion without thought to the consequences of their actions.

A biography of the Nazi leader responsible for organizing the execution of the Jews in the Holocaust.

Discusses the Nuremberg Nazi war crimes trial in which Nazi leaders, including Hermann Goering, Rudolf Hess, and Wilhelm Keitel, were tried for their roles in the Holocaust.

Argues for the continuation of the prosecution of Nazi war criminals.