Description
Book SynopsisThis is more than an account of Holocaust perpetrators who found a safe haven in postwar Australia. It is also the story of the Holocaust in the Ukraine, the War Crimes Act, Nazi policies, and the ways in which future generations translate history into law, archives into proof, and law into justice.
Trade Review"This history offers the first critical examination of Australian attempts, a half-century after the Holocaust, to bring Nazi war criminals under its jurisdiction to justice."—
Jewish Book World"Based on a review of previously unexamined historical and legal documents and transcripts,
Daviborshch's Cart offers a critical examination of Australian attempts to bring alleged Nazi criminals to justice."—
ShofarTable of ContentsList of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
A Note on Language
Introduction: The Long and Winding Road from Ukraine to Australia
1. History, War Crimes, and Law in Ukraine
2. A Brief Political and Legal History of Australia and Nazi War Criminals
3. Law and History in Australian War Crimes Trials: Ukrainian Foresters, the Shoah, and the Polyukhovich Case
4. Mikolay Berezowsky: The Case of "The Witness Who Knew Too Much"
5. The Story of Daviborshch's Cart: Law, History, Truth, and the Holocaust in Ukraine
6. Translating Law, Translating History, in Australian War Crimes Trials
7. Telling Stories about the Shoah: Perpetrators, Victims, and the Politics of Australian Identity in The Hand That Signed the Paper
8. Law, Memory, and Justice: The Australian Experience
Notes
Bibliography
Index
