This book explores how the trial of the entire military command of the Nazi power structure in Italy, prepared by the Allies following the Nuremberg mode, came to be replaced by a few contradictory trials of very minor significance. This resulted in an enormous historical misrepresentation of the Nazi occupation of Italy.

Autorentext
MICHELE BATTINI teaches modern European history and political thought at the University of Pisa, Italy.

Inhalt
Chronology Introduction Prologue: Trials and Lessons of History The Deconstruction of Memory Why the Maxi-Trial for War Criminals Was Never Held The Kesselring Trial Judiciary Oblivion and the Sins of Memory A Brutal Peace and the Nuremberg Consensus The 'Mirror' of Vichy Epilogue Without End