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"During the First World War, the Japanese fought on the Allied side and treated captured German prisoners with civility. In the years that followed, Japan came to reject Western values and ideas under the Emperor Hirohito. Conformity was the norm: the army regime became brutal, and the Japanese psyche one of selfless devotion to the country and emperor. During World War II, Japanese soldiers were to ...

Bibliogr.: p. 219-224.-Met index. 232 p., [16] p. foto's. : krt. ; 24 cm

2nd ed. 51 pages ; 21 cm

"August 2007." 133 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Nineteen papers--including artistic and Jewish perspectives-- probe issues of Japanese responsibility and redress for such World War II atrocities as the Bataan death march, the Rape of Nanjing, and sexual slavery. The translated Tokyo Appeal from a 1999 war crimes forum is appended. Parts of the book derive from this forum and a journal that Li (Asian studies, comparative literature, Rutgers U.) edits. ...

Records of court criminal cases investigated by the District Court in Piotrków Trybunalski. Includes documents on hiding a stolen cow, appropriation of money, theft, robbery, rape, and others.

Contains administrative and prisoners' personnel files. The prisoners' files relate to such crimes as: espionage, possession of weapons, contraband, theft, forgery, robberies, rapes, illegal trade, lack of subordination to the authorities, arson, and murders. Particular files contain documents with significant details concerning a reason of for imprisonment, copies of the accusation indictment and ...

"We didn't know." For half a century, Western politicians and intellectuals have in this fashion explained away their inaction in the face of genocide in World War II. In stark contrast, Western observers today face a daily barrage of information and images from CNN, the Internet, and newspapers about the parties and individuals responsible for the Balkan War and crimes against humanity. The stories, ...