Trials. Colonialism and National Socialism on trial
Historical research laid the groundwork for this legal case brought by former Kenyan internees and victims of torture against the Foreign Office of the United Kingdom. The case highlighted not only the brutal colonial regime but also the involvement of the highest levels of the British Government in the cover-up of these crimes.
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The case thus brought to light not only the history of violence but also the persistence of colonial power asymmetries.
What consequences did this have for society’s engagement with historical responsibility and the necessary prerequisites for it?
- With Caroline Elkins, Claus Kreß and others.
- Moderated by Claus Leggewie
Trials. Colonialism and Nazism on Trial
The USA v. Otto Ohlendorf et al. (1947/48), the military tribunal v. Djamila Boupacha (1960/61), the prosecution v. Klaus Barbie (1987), Mutua et al. v. the United Kingdom (2012): Four trials concerning colonial and Nazi violence – and, both in the courtroom itself and in the accompanying debates, their comparison. What were the charges, and how were the defendants defended? Which social and historical-political debates of the 1940s, 1960s, 1980s and 2010s were also at stake in these proceedings?
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March 2027
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