Unlike some of its Scandinavian neighbors, Denmark conducted trials after World War II of people who had collaborated with the German occupation forces during their occupation of Denmark. The basis for those trials was the Criminal Code supplement drawn up in the last year of the Occupation, and adopted soon after Liberation in 1945. The Criminal Code Supplement criminalized acts that had taken place after August 29, 1943; this feature was widely criticized because it applied retroactively to crimes committed before its adoption. The accused were people who had participated in German war service or cooperated financially with the Germans. Sentences were passed from November 1947 to November 1950. After…
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Sweden’s Decision on WWII Crimes
In 1986, Rabbis Hier and Cooper of the Simon Wiesenthal center met with Swedish diplomats,to discuss prosecution of specific residents of Sweden for Nazi war crimes during World War II. Most of those residents were originally from other parts of…
Finnish Trials after WW II
If you saw last week’s blog, you’re aware there were serious prosecutions of Nazi sympathizers in Norway including many executions after World War II. Although several members of Parliament had reservations against a similar law in Finland, it passed with…
Progeny of Original Nuremberg Trial
An international agreement did not create the International Tribunal for the Far East, but it nonetheless emerged from international agreements to try Japanese war criminals. In July 1945, China, the United Kingdom, and the United States signed the Potsdam Declaration,…
No Italian Spark from Nuremberg
No Italian Spark from Nuremberg Public awareness of Ethiopian atrocities by Italian troops during the 1930s remains almost non-existent. Most know about what a “Holocaust” is, linking it mostly with the events that took place in Europe. Unfortunately, the meaning…
Sparks from Nuremberg Trials
The Nuremberg principles were created by the victorious powers in World War II, France, Great Britain, the Soviet Union and the United States. 177 Germans were prosecuted – 24 were sentenced to death, 20 were sentenced to life in prison…
Reason for “Criminal Opera”
“Goshawk” is about a New York lawyer’s crafting of a loan sharking business in what was left of the Soviet Union after the Berlin Wall came down. That business became so successful that the Iraqis tried to steal it to…
Catching Readers’ Interest
The author of McPheters Books enjoys reading the works of three specific American authors and occasional Scandinavian writers. He often rereads their particularly compelling works, sometimes in large print for a more relaxing process. He prefers thrillers and that’s what…
Surprising Nuremberg Parallels
Many members of the Nazi military command structure were punished during the original Nuremberg trials for their failure to obtain non-coerced consent to medical procedures and for not explaining their effectiveness or safety. Beginning with the American Revolutionary War, the…
Making Novels Exciting
A novel deserves to be compelling and exciting, more than just a collection of words. That can be best achieved by a skillful mixture of fact and fiction, drawn from the author’s life experiences, learning and objectives. Originality can draw…
Nuremberg Lives
The novel, “Criminal Opera,” explains how punishments originating with the Nuremberg treaty created by the victors of World War II, America, France, Great Britain and Russia, should be applied to the people who created and managed the phony plandemic and…
