Setting the Path for the UNWCC: The Representation of European Exile Governments on the London International Assembly and the Commission for Penal Reconstruction and Development, 1941–1944

Lingen, Kerstin von

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“…29 Soon thereafter, the United Nations War Crimes Commission (UNWCC) engaged in the collection of evidence to support criminal prosecutions before national courts. 30 Second, the Bulgarian communists were all the more inclined to bring war criminals to justice since they saw trials as arenas where political battles could be waged and won. Several communists in exile in Moscow in the 1930s had witnessed the expediency of trials as socializing and legitimacy-building tools.…”

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The Prosecution of Anti-Jewish Crimes in Bulgaria: Fashioning a Master Narrative of the Second World War (1944–1945)

Ragaru

2019

East European Politics and Societies

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Bulgaria was amongst the first states in Europe to hold trials with an exclusive focus on anti-Jewish persecutions during the Second World War. On 24 November 1944, a chamber solely dedicated to the prosecution of anti-Jewish crimes was established within the People’s Courts (1944–1945). This judicial action thus constitutes a unique experiment in the qualification of crimes, the use of material/testimonial evidence, the establishment of proof, and the devising of sentencing policy. Seen as a stage on which several contenders fought over the reading of the recent past and the present in the making, the Court also offers a lens on the complex interplay between the prosecution of war crimes and the crafting of revolutionary changes as well as on the relations between Jews and non-Jews at the end of the war. Drawing on a diversity of archival records (accusation files and protocols of the hearings among others), the article will underline two paradoxes. First, the chamber established to prosecute anti-Jewish crimes ended up building a master narrative of “collective innocence” centered on the “rescue of the Bulgarian Jews,” which has remained dominant in Bulgarian public discourse to this day. Second, the communist Jews who had fought for the recognition of Jewish suffering ultimately took part in the euphemization of Jewish experiences of the war. In resorting to justice, they hoped to convince the local Jewry to stay in Bulgaria and build socialism there. For that purpose, they had to prove that the wartime policies were the deeds of a handful of “fascists.” Henceforth, they embraced the official discourse of interethnic solidarity in combat and sorrow, thus downplaying the specificity of the Jewish predicament.

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The Prosecution of Anti-Jewish Crimes in Bulgaria: Fashioning a Master Narrative of the Second World War (1944–1945)

Ragaru

2019

East European Politics and Societies

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“…The Nuremberg legacy was debated in the UN War Crimes Commission (UNWCC), which carried on its work until 1948. The Soviets did not participate in the UNWCC, but their subsequent efforts complemented that of the UNWCC, making this book a welcome contribution to that topic (Lewis, 2014; Plesch, 2017; Von Lingen, 2014). Hirsch recalls that the Soviets, British and Americans had different ideas about how to achieve post-war justice and the nature of the trials.…”

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Book Review: Soviet Judgment at Nuremberg: A New History of the International Military Tribunal after World War II

Fijalkowski

2021

Social & Legal Studies

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In the years 2009-2017, 'White offenders were given the shortest custodial sentences on average, and Asian or Black offenders were given the longest' (Ministry of Justice, 2018), 2. Overwhelming the offence the study's participants' sentences were related to. 3. A notable omission from the study's cohort and subsequent discussion are those early-stage prisoners who successfully appeal their sentences or verdict. In order to better establish how prison time aids or inhibits prisoners' relationship to the events of their sentence offence, a comparative study would be needed, between prisoners who do and do not maintain innocence and who do and do not successfully appeal.

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Is an African Regional Court a Viable Alternative to the International Criminal Court? A Neutral View

Ikpat¹

2023

Contemporary International Criminal Law Issues

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Setting the Path for the UNWCC: The Representation of European Exile Governments on the London International Assembly and the Commission for Penal Reconstruction and Development, 1941–1944

Cited by 17 publications

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The Prosecution of Anti-Jewish Crimes in Bulgaria: Fashioning a Master Narrative of the Second World War (1944–1945)

The Prosecution of Anti-Jewish Crimes in Bulgaria: Fashioning a Master Narrative of the Second World War (1944–1945)

Book Review: Soviet Judgment at Nuremberg: A New History of the International Military Tribunal after World War II

Is an African Regional Court a Viable Alternative to the International Criminal Court? A Neutral View

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