Safe Haven: The United Kingdom's Investigations into Nazi Collaborators and the Failure of Justice

by Jon Silverman, Robert Sherwood Narrated by Jon Silverman

Overview

The controversial 1991 War Crimes Act gave new powers to courts to try non-British citizens resident in the UK for war crimes committed during WWII. But in spite of the extensive investigative and legal work that followed, and the expense of some £11 million, it led to just one conviction: that in 1999 of Anthony (Andrzej) Sawoniuk.



Safe Haven considers for the first time why and how convictions failed to follow investigations. Within the broader context of war crimes investigations in the United States, Germany, and Australia, the authors reassess the legal and investigative processes and decisions that stymied inquiries, from the War Crimes Act itself to the restrictive criteria applied to it. Taken together, the authors argue that these-including the interpretations of who could and should be prosecuted and decisions about the nature and amount of evidence needed for trial-meant that many Nazi collaborators escaped justice and never appeared in a criminal court.



The authors situate this history within the legacy of the Holocaust: how, if at all, do the belated attempts to address a failure of justice sit with an ever-growing awareness of the Holocaust, represented by memorialization and education? In so doing, Safe Haven provokes a timely reconsideration of the relationship between law, history, and truth.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

"The authors draw upon extensive research and present their arguments forensically. The book is not only of historical interest, but also offers valuable insights for those seeking justice for later atrocities, of which there have been and continue to be depressingly many." — James Wilson, The Law Society Gazette

"This is an important, timely and very well researched volume." — Dr Siobhán Hyland, Journal of British Studies

"The book Safe Haven is one that should attract several diverse audiences of readers. Former BBC reporter Jon Silverman, who covered the British Nazi War Crimes Act issue from beginning to end, and his co-author Robert Sherwood, an expert on the post-World War II prosecution of Nazi war criminals, have written an excellent history of the fate of the legislation passed in the British Parliament in Spring 1991 to enable the prosecution of Holocaust perpetrators living in the United Kingdom." — Jerusalem Report

Product Details

BN ID:	2940160644240
Publisher:	Tantor Audio
Publication date:	02/02/2024
Edition description:	Unabridged

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