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2 - The Legal Framework

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 November 2020

Raffael Scheck
Raffael Scheck
Affiliation:
Colby College, Maine
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Surveys the laws and procedures for the POWs, who came in front of military tribunals, and the German women, who usually had to stand a public trial at a special court, an institution set up to repress and ruthlessly punish dissenting behavior. Briefly touches on trials against civilian men, including trials for homosexual acts.

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German military justiceNazi justicespecial courtscourts martialGeneva Convention on POWs (1929)Adolf HitlerWilhelm Keitel
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Love between Enemies
Western Prisoners of War and German Women in World War II
 , pp. 53 - 92
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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  • The Legal Framework
  • Raffael Scheck, Colby College, Maine
  • Book: Love between Enemies
  • Online publication: 06 November 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108894821.004
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  • The Legal Framework
  • Raffael Scheck, Colby College, Maine
  • Book: Love between Enemies
  • Online publication: 06 November 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108894821.004
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  • The Legal Framework
  • Raffael Scheck, Colby College, Maine
  • Book: Love between Enemies
  • Online publication: 06 November 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108894821.004
Available formats
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