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Revisiting History at Nuremberg
By the Neck Until Dead: The Gallows of Nuremberg
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November 1999 - Although many books are written on the Nuremberg trials, and subsequent executions of the Nazi war criminals, this book stands alone. The never before told story of Second Lieutenant Stanley Tilles, an American officer put in charge of carrying out the executions of Nazis at Dachau and Nuremberg. The book is exceedingly personal, emotional, and not withstanding its grim subject, is very humane.
This is the memoir of Stanley Tilles, an ordinary citizen soldier caught in extraordinary times. This is a book carefully capturing the memories and reminiscences of the events that took place a half century ago, yet so vivid and lasting -- in the memory of the eyewitness.
In his opening speech at Nuremberg, "Sir Hartley Showcross, the Chief Prosecutor for the United Kingdom, remarked, "Human memory is very short ... This Tribunal ... will provide a contemporary touchstone and an authoritative and impartial record to which furture historians may turn for truth, and future politicians for warning." The legacy of Nuremberg is still there, just as it was in those days when an end was put to the nightmare, and fair justice was performed by officers just like Stanley Tilles, in their duty to their country and mankind.
Stanley Tilles is available for telephone interviews.
Joe Glasgow
JoNa Books
812-278-8370
jonabook@kiva.net
http://www.kiva.net/~jonabook
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