The Missing Italian Nuremberg: Cultural Amnesia and Postwar Politics (Italian and Italian American Studies)

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. Front Matter....Pages i-xiv To Prosecute and Portray the Enemy....Pages 1-24 Prologue: Trials and Lessons of History....Pages 25-29 The Deconstruction of Memory....Pages 31-41 Why the Maxi-Trial for War Criminals Was Never Held....Pages 43-82 The Kesselring Trial....Pages 83-94 Judiciary Oblivion and the Sins of Memory....Pages 95-114 A Brutal Peace and the Nuremberg Consensus....Pages 115-123 The “Mirror” of Vichy....Pages 125-138 Epilogue Without an End....Pages 139-144 Back Matter....Pages 145-178 In this book, Michele Battini explains how the trial of the entire military command of the Nazi power structure in Italy, prepared by the Allies following the Nuremberg model, 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 and reduced it to the scale of individual responsibilities