
The Witness House: Nazis And Holocaust Survivors Sharing A Villa During The Nuremberg Trials
Autumn 1945 saw the start of the Nuremberg trials, in which high ranking representatives of the Nazi government were called to account for their war crimes. In a curious yet fascinating twist, witnesses for the prosecution and the defense were housed together in a villa on the outskirts of town. In this so-called Witness House, perpetrators and victims confronted each other in a microcosm that ref...
Paperback: 272 pages
Publisher: Other Press (October 12, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1590513797
ISBN-13: 978-1590513798
Product Dimensions: 5.6 x 0.9 x 8.2 inches
Amazon Rank: 1816197
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“During the Nuremburg Trials, after World War II, a dwelling was maintained by the Americans to house the witnesses, both Nazi and Allied. The surprising thing about it was not only that both sides were represented, but that they got along on the who...”
ected the events of the high court. Presiding over the affair was the beautiful Countess Ingeborg Kálnoky (a woman so blond and enticing that she was described as a Jean Harlowe look-alike) who took great pride in her ability to keep the household civil and the communal dinners pleasant. A comedy of manners arose among the guests as the urge to continue battle was checked by a sudden and uncomfortable return to civilized life.The trial atmosphere extends to the small group in the villa. Agitated victims confront and avoid perpetrators and sympathizers, and high-ranking officers in the German armed forces struggle to keep their composure. This highly explosive mixture is seasoned with vivid, often humorous, anecdotes of those who had basked in the glory of the inner circles of power. Christiane Kohl focuses on the guilty, the sympathizers, the undecided, and those who always manage to make themselves fit in. The Witness House reveals the social structures that allowed a cruel and unjust regime to flourish and serves as a symbol of the blurred boundaries between accuser and accused that would come to form the basis of postwar Germany.
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