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Safe haven : the United Kingdom's investigations into Nazi collaborators and the failure of justice / Jon Silverman and Robert Sherwood.

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The controversial 1991 War Crimes Act gave new powers to courts to try non-British citizens resident in the UK for war crimes committed during WWII. But in spite of the extensive investigative and legal work that followed, and the expense of some £11 million, it led to just one conviction: that in 1...

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Main Authors: Silverman, Jon (Author), Sherwood, Robert (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2023]
Subjects:
Nazis > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 > Collaborationists > Great Britain.
War criminals > Legal status, laws, etc. > Great Britain.
Fugitives from justice > Great Britain.
Nazis > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Collaborateurs > Grande-Bretagne.
Fugitifs recherchés par la justice > Grande-Bretagne.
Collaborationists.
Fugitives from justice.
Nazis.
War criminals > Legal status, laws, etc.
Great Britain.
1900-1999
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Whither Justice?
  • Law Meets War
  • The Soviet Hunt for War Criminals who Fled to the West
  • The Latvian Death Commando
  • Gecas and the Failure of Law
  • Serafinowicz
  • The Belorussian Nationalist from Mir
  • Sawoniuk
  • The Unexpected Conviction
  • Slonim, Secrets, and Spies
  • Afterword: Legacies and Holocaust Awareness.

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