Notice bibliographique
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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Lingen, Kerstin von (1971-....)
Titre(s) : Allen Dulles, the OSS, and Nazi war criminals [Texte imprimé] : the dynamics of selective prosecution / Kerstin von Lingen, ... ; translated by Dona Geyer
Publication : New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2013
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (IX-328 p.) : illustrations ; 24 cm
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-315) and index
"This book examines the circumstances surrounding SS-Obergruppenfuhrer Karl Wolff's
escape from prosecution for war crimes in 1945. Wolff avoided prosecution because
of his role in 'Operation Sunrise', negotiations conducted by high-ranking American,
Swiss and British officials - in violation of the Casablanca agreements with the Soviet
Union - for the surrender of German forces in Italy that enabled the Anglo-American
forces to take Trieste. After 1945, Allied officials, amongst them Allen Dulles, in
a move that later helped him ascend to the head of the CIA, shielded Wolff from prosecution
to maintain secrecy about the negotiations. 'Operation Sunrise' thus relates to the
early origins of the Cold War in Europe and had wide-ranging implications, even in
the field of justice: new evidence suggests that the Western Allies not only failed
to ensure cooperation between their respective national war crimes prosecution organizations,
but in certain cases even obstructed justice by withholding evidence from the prosecution"
Sujet(s) : Wolff, Karl (1900-1984) -- Procès
Dulles, Allen (1893-1969)
Nuremberg, Procès de (1945-1946)
Guerre mondiale (1939-1945) -- Services de renseignements -- États-Unis
Etats-Unis. Office of strategic services
Indice(s) Dewey :
341.690 26843 (23e éd.) = Crimes de guerre - Jurisprudence - Allemagne
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781107025936. - ISBN 1107025931 (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb470723068
Notice n° :
FRBNF47072306
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : 1. The protagonists: Karl Wolff and Allen Dulles ; 2. Surrender in northern Italy:
Operation Sunrise ; 3. War crimes policy ; 4. Protection from prosecution, 1945-1949
; 5. Wolff's public image: hero or vernichtungsburokrat, 1950-1984 ; 6. Immunity
and its origins: geopolitical interests ; 7. Conclusion.