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The Nuremberg Trial
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Editorial Reviews
Courtroom dramas have always consumed the public's attention. There is a certain high-stakes drama that takes place in the halls of justice. Ann and John Tusa have collaborated to capture those emotions in their historical study of The Nuremberg Trial. The Nuremberg Trial isn't some bland textbook; the Tusas' personable narration delivers to listeners the countless personal stories at the heart of one of history's most infamous court battles. A deft performance by Ralph Cosham only serves to accentuate the care Ann and John Tusa have taken in relaying the facts of Nuremberg with humanity and insight.
Publisher's Summary
Here is a gripping account of the major postwar trial of the Nazi hierarchy in World War II. The Nuremberg Trial brilliantly recreates the trial proceedings and offers a reasoned, often profound examination of the processes that created international law. From the whimpering of Kaltenbrunner and Ribbentrop on the stand to the icy coolness of Goering, each participant is vividly drawn.
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- Kieran Hart
- 01-07-2019
Thoughtful, Important and Poignant
In current times we can feel so entitled, we forget that we aren't any better than those who came before us and if we don't learn about things like the wars and the way people acted in it we are doomed to repeat it. Only now we have as leaders small petty men and women, we as people are so complacent and so determined to be outraged by small things we and our leaders are not the Titans of they're times, we today refuse to treat those we disagree with honour and fairness like was shown in this book, Yet most of whom we disagree with are far less evil than those who ran the Reich. The reader's voice is emotive without being to judgemental, gives dignity to those who through actions denied dignity to others without elevating or over emoting one side or the other. If you have any interest is the world wars we see this chapter is one of the most important and defining moments showing in peace what can be achieved through justice that isn't blinded by greed, ambitiousness and nationalism. That said it is a give there is more enough warning against those things in this story.
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- Masom R.
- 22-11-2019
Ah-nnoying narration
I’m about fifteen hours in. The book itself is great. But the narrator has a painful habit of adding “ah” sounds to the beginning of sentences. Which at the beginning sounds casual, and by the midpoint makes it painful to listen to. Other then that his accent is decent and dignified for the text, he brings the words to some degree of life. I’m not sure if I’ll get past this and finish this. Ah every third sentence.
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- Kindle Customer
- 08-09-2019
Interesting to the End
Well constructed and the presentation was excellent. It captured the atmosphere of the time (or what I imagine it was like) and portrayed the characters so very well. Highly recommended listed,
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- Ronnie
- 25-08-2017
Detailed and rewarding listen for history buffs
When I look for books on Audible, I check the reviews first, especially the negative ones. Usually those will highlight things which are immediate deal breakers. So let me start with the negatives first:
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CONS
1) There's a level of background knowledge needed for this book.
The authors provide a sufficient summary of World War II, which of course sets the stage for the Nuremberg Trials. However, I feel that some questions may go unanswered if someone doesn't understand why the Soviet Union was hellbent on summary execution of the defendants, for example. The book stands well on its own, and the content is digestible, but I would be hesitant to recommend it to someone who isn't a fan of history.
2) Sometimes the book will get boring.
Although the Nuremberg Trials were just over 70 years ago, the subject matter is very politically sensitive. This, along with the fact that history is not always a drama or thriller, means that sometimes the book will resemble a college lecture. Some parts of political history have to be understood in full context, even if the context is rather dry. While the Nuremberg Trials had a lot of exciting drama, outbursts, and even humor, it was still a judicial case, which can at times be mind numbing. Narrator Ralph Cosham's performance does little to help this. While I feel he could have injected emotion and higher energy into the writing, that request becomes rather tricky when the subject matter includes one of the worst inhumane atrocities in the 20th century.
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I don't see these two cons as deal breakers. I'd imagine anyone precisely looking for audiobooks on the Nuremberg Trials knows that a) even the most exciting historical events have highs and lows, and b) contextual understanding is paramount. For example, it would be impossible to understand China during the Mao Era if you didn't have sufficient understanding of western imperialism during the 1800s.
Anyway, onto the good stuff!!
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1) Dripping with detail and facts.
The Nuremberg Trials lasted an incredibly long time, and they were unprecedented in their scope, goals, and size. This book answered every last question I had on the subject, without becoming repetitious. Furthermore, it effectively introduced seemingly irrelevant information, and masterfully explained how it all fits into the bigger picture. When it came to describing the defendants, it was meticulously detailed. There's more than enough information on Hermann Göring's intelligence, cunning, wit, and sadism, or Rudolph Hess' ability to act mentally incompetent while having actual bouts of mental incompetence. The profiles of the defendants are some of the most interesting parts of the book.
2) The scope of this book is deceptive. On top of documenting the days of the trial, it discusses:
a) Should there even be a trial? Which countries wanted a speedy trial, a thorough trial, or just a show trial with a firing squad waiting outside?
b) How does one structure a trial which makes the defendants feel like they can represent themselves fairly, and negotiate more favorable terms of punishment?
c) How can the trial be ran without the defendants using it as a platform to criticize the allies for actions such as the Dresden or Tokyo firebombing, or nuclear weapons use in Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
d) How close was the trial to collapsing due to political infighting between France, U.S, U.K, USSR, and others?
e) How did the defendants react to the trial, their first night in prison, their sentence to death, or footage of war crimes in the court room?
f) How did lack of standing infrastructure, vehicles, materials, and resources hamper the setup and planning of the trial?
g) What was the public opinion of the trial in various countries such as Germany, France, the Soviet Union, or the UK?
All these questions, and any more, are covered wonderfully in the book. There's so much more to the subject that makes the Nuremberg Trails not just a court case, but a landmark historical event that has an effect on international law today.
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I'm tired of writing. The book is a wild ride. Get it.
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- Anniebligh
- 13-08-2013
A really interesting listen
Ralph Cosham did a good job reading and did not intrude on the content
I found I needed to go back and read or listen again to other books to learn 'who is who'. And then do a Wikipedia search on the Trial and the Defendents.
(Shirer's Berlin Diary and Rise and Fall did convey the gut wrenching reactions of the time.)
Most interesting were the motivations of Judges and Lawyers involved compared to the Governments and politicians.
And to my thinking, a person only needs a genuine interest in the Second World War to find this book valuable.
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- Brock Williams
- 02-07-2014
Good because its so detailed
What other book might you compare The Nuremberg Trial to and why?
I listened to this book immediately after my 2nd trip through William L. Shirer's Rise and Fall of the Third Reich. It was a very good complement, picking up the story of the Nazis that survived the war. But make no mistake, while Shirer's book is a reasonably thorough history of German politics from 1920-1945 at roughly 57 hours, this book is packed with a huge amount of detail, clocking in at almost 26 hours and covering the events of barely a year.
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- Timothy A. Rodenbeck
- 19-03-2019
Can’t understand the reader
I’m older and somewhat hard of hearing. I use Apple AirPod Bluetooth headphones which make books easy for me to listen to. I can’t understand the reader. It sounds like he has a mouth full of cotton. He doesn’t pronounce the consonants and it is all muddled together. Frustrated, I finally gave up listening to this book.
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- The Kindler
- 24-05-2016
Try reading at 1.25 speed.
Any additional comments?
I really enjoyed this read of the trials of the century. It was a little slow at points for those who aren't too familiar with lawyer jargon but the sections dealing with the courtroom and the prosecuted was by far the best parts and kept the book flowing fairly well.
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- Michael
- 27-06-2014
Great Work
Ann Tusa and John Tusa have created a great piece of work on this subject. If you are a student of this period of history, you need to listen to this book. If you are a student of international law, then listen to this book. If you want to understand this period of history, then listen to this book. Ralph Cosham haunting voice really does justice to this book. This book covers the period, subject and opinions very well. It leaves for dead the movies and documentaries produced on the Nuremberg Trial.
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- Kerry
- 28-05-2019
A Rare "Page-Turner"
One important way that I judge a book is by the garage factor. that's the amount of time I spend in the garage listening to it instead of going into the house to be with the family. I've really enjoyed getting into history books and have enjoyed many of them, but rarely do they have a very high garage factor. Until now. While it occasionally gets mired in details, enough to let me mind wander, this book held my rapt attention for basically the entire runtime, and has inspired me to dive into a deep study of the trial and the principles behind it. My biggest complaints is just that the narrator - while a master of pacing and inflection - has the extremely distracting habit of putting an "ah" sound in front of words that start with a consonant. occasionally just annoying, this tendency occasionally required a quick rewind because it could lead to misunderstandings. Overall, a relatively small complaint for such an enjoyable book.
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- Danielle M Brown
- 19-05-2016
Nuremberg
I loved this book. I aways wanted to know about the trial s and the audio book told me everything .
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- Natasha
- 13-02-2018
Outstanding
I expected this to be a laborious summary of the proof and arguments offered at trial. Instead, it offers a tremendous amount of insight regarding the issues, practical and legal, as well as behind the scenes. The performance is typically aristocratic English with only one criticism. Every proper name beginning with a consonant followed by a short vowel and found at the beginning of a sentence was subconsciously preceded by an audible “huh”. (Ex. huh-Jackson, huh-Maxwell-Fyfe, etc.)
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- Amazon Customer
- 06-02-2019
Major Disappointment
Having just toured Nuremberg, I was excited to hear this account. With as much documentation the Tulas had at their disposal why did the write events like a laundry list? Instead of writing the dialogue they described in general terms what was said. It would have been much more dynamic. The narrator sounded like he was calling a golf match. The whole thing was awful. I skipped a lot hoping it would get better. Nope. Never did.
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- Tim Conway
- 18-04-2014
Brings horrible history alive
This book is very good. Ann and John Tusa are to be congratulated. I went to Germany at the age of 4 in 1946 for 2 years and can just remember what it was like for a young boy going to an Army school. The Tusa book reminded me of the prevailing atmosphere. My parents often talked of their times there, what it was like mixing with the Americans and other allies, comparing the NAAFI with the PX, etc. Although fraternisation was forbidden we had a German gardener with a son my age and I was soon speaking better German than my parents. In my early teens we returned for a visit with an Army family living in what had been a Nazi officers' barracks, very spacious and elegantly laid-out, and the houses were well-equipped. However, at one end of the barracks was a large underground bunker that had hooks in the ceiling and what looked like ancient blood on the floor. Nearby was Bergen-Belsen with its huge common graves.
The Tusas cover the trial and its build-up in great detail. The various characters (prosecution, defence, accused, witnesses, judiciary) are all brought to life, and the descriptions of the crimes are vivid without being bloodthirsty. The difficulties faced by and the tensions between the four allied powers are almost as interesting as their treatment of the accused, some of whom had incredible lines of defence. Although the end of the trial is known to all, this was still a gripping read. Or maybe it's just that I like lots of detail.
I have one criticism, and that is with Ralph Cosham's delivery: he swallows the last letter or syllable, sometimes the last word, of many sentences. Plurals become bafflingly singular because the 's' cannot be heard. I admit I do nearly all my listening in my car and it may be that Mr Cosham's volume-drop is not so bothersome in a silent ambience. In any case, this is really a minor quibble because Mr Cosham has a mellifluous voice and his delivery is otherwise excellent with an appropriate mid-Atlantic accent.
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- Kindle Customer
- 07-04-2013
Old but Unbowed
I first read this book a number of years ago when I was doing some research into post-war retribution in occupied Europe. Unless you wante to wade through the numerous transcripts of the Nuremberg Trials, this book will do the job for you by highlighting the main issues, personalities and dramas of that unique judicial occasion. This is a well-researched and fascinating book which gives the listener an insignt into the confused power play of some seriously flawed criminal characters inhabiting what was, in effect, a lunatic asylum. It also reveals some interesting information on those who participated in the trials from the judges to the prosecutors and the defence lawyers who must have realised that they faced an impossible job. THis is long book but well worth it if you want the unfolding drama of a legal trial with no precedents.
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- Malwina Tritt
- 16-10-2018
A great book spoilt by the narration!
The narrator reads well but has an exhausting lisp and an annoyinh tendency to add "ah" at the beginning of most of the sentences. "ah-subject", "ah-trial", "ah-goering". At some stage I even had to check if it was Jackson or "ah-Jackson"... The book iyself is brilliantly written, never boring, to the point that I persisted with it and tried to filter out narrator's flaws. Overall, great book and if you have a chance and are interested in the subject, get it in paper.
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- Martin S.
- 28-01-2019
Well written, shocking narration
Positives: This book is well written, treading the fine line of actually teaching the reader something new but without becoming too detailed as to put off those without a fanatical interest in this period of history. It certainly highlights the legal challenges and precedents set at Nuremberg and offers a fair commentary on all the of the parties. Negatives:. The narration is horrific. The narrator's voice is always a bit muffled, changes in pitch and volume are frequent where edits have been made. The last syllable of a sentence is often missing and most annoying is the "uh" and "ah" noises that are prefixed to so many names: Uh-Goering Ah-Jackson Etc. Some names like Seyss-Inquart are listed and unclear. It really is amazing this narration passed anybody's quality control. It Almost ruined a really good read
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- Andrew W.
- 06-08-2018
narration made this unlistenable for me
I was looking forward to this audiobook, give the joint authors' credentials. Sadly the dreadful technical quality and woeful delivery of the narrator forced me to give up after less than 20 minutes. Luckily there is a returns policy - so maybe give it a try and see if these are not so off-putting for you.
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- terry nicholls
- 11-11-2018
fascinating subject
fascinating subject spoiled by bad editing, and mono tone narrating, could onlt listen in short bursts
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- Max
- 14-03-2020
Ignore the narration: this book is perfect
Firstly, I have listened to the whole book, unlike it seems many other reviewers, and I can only call it perfect. Anyone who has any interest in Nazi Germany, or WW2, or the Cold War, or legal drama, or more recent attempts to try war criminals, will find it fascinating and gripping, especially from several hours in when the actual trial begins. The entire story is covered from the perspectives of everyone involved, and no opportunity is lost to put events in context, which gives the history immediacy and relevance to the present. All the characters appear as nuanced and full-coloured individuals; in the particular the defendants are humanised and their motivations, mentalities and emotions understood, without minimising the suffering and destruction for which they were responsible. Unfortunately I have to echo other reviewers in saying that the narration and production are not good. The entire book is read in a monotonous drawl, with every sentence following the same very narrow expressive pattern and tailing off towards the end, often with the last syllable or two mumbled. The reader has a weird tic where he frequently adds an unstressed "ah" or "uh" before a sentence or major clause starting with a strong consonant: "ah-Jackson", "uh-This", "ah-Details"; he does this more or less every other sentence, and it can cause momentary confusion because it sounds just like a normal "A" before a singular noun. How annoying this is depends on your state of mind: personally when I was brushing my teeth before bed I hardly cared, but during a high-stress workout it could be infuriating. The production is similarly poor, with no longer pause between paragraphs and sections than between sentences, which results in sudden changes of topic. Splices between takes are extremely obvious, flagged by changes in volume and in the timbre of the reader's voice; these become more frequent later in the book, and there are some passages where this happens repeatedly within a sentence, with each bit obviously from a different recording session. In spite of this I can only beg you to persist: none of these faults were intolerable to me, and the drama and emotion in the words themselves shine through the failings of the narrator and producers.
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- Anonymous User
- 15-04-2019
Thorough. more legalistic than defendants' story
I had expected this to be about the defendants and their stories and their testimonies. It covers that, but spends a lot more time on wider issues too. for some this will be less interesting. I thought it should be of great interest to barristers and judges, as if goes into considerable detail on the mandate and foundation of the war crimes tribunal, the back room discussions, the conditions of the staff, etc. some interesting insights into post-war Germany, and the wider setting of the nuremburg trial
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- J Gilmour
- 04-03-2019
Detailed history
Fascinating listen although a long book to listen too. Narration was very good and the background explained in detail. This is a must listen too if you would like to know the horrors of the Nazi years and its effects and crimes in Europe as opposed to the "glorious" early German victories. There was so much I have not read about in this book regarding places such as Greece and the wars against Partisans in other parts of Europe. You will already know about the Nuremberg trials from the black and white films of WW2, this gives you a wide view to the background and is one of the most informative books on the Nazi's / German military I have read.
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- Kirstine
- 15-07-2018
Impressive account of a ground-breaking trial
This is highly detailed account of how the Nuremberg trial was set-up through the co-operation of the four main allies at the end of the second world war. The crimes by the main defendants are alluded to but the main thrust of the book is how, despite the misgivings of some of the participants, international co-operation was achieved and to overcome the difficulties that the lawyers and judges had in creating a legal framework that meshed together the continental and the Anglo-Amercian legal systems of justice. It is impressive what was achieved in a relatively short time to collate the mass of evidence and to present the cases with simultaneous translation using new technology. The generosity of the Americans in underwriting most of the costs made things run more smoothly than could have been thought possible in a country devastated by war. The overall impression is of dignified proceedings in which the defendants were given a fair trial, but one is left with the distasteful evidence of how so many people could engage in barbaric behaviour.
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