Martin, Roy A., M.D., Inside Nürnberg: Military Justice for Nazi War Criminals.
Pennsylvania: White Mane Books, 2000.
First-person account by the doctor that treated the Nürnberg prisoners during their imprisonment at Nürnberg. While not an account of the Nürnberg trial per se, this is an excellent source for those who wish further information regarding the execution of the Nürnberg condemned. A reliable source although it is clear the author did not like Julius Streicher.
Smith, Kingsbury. "The Execution of Nazi War Criminals," International News Service,
16 October 1946.
This article corroborates Dr. Martin's book regarding the Nürnberg executions. This is a reliable source.
http://www.ess.uwe.ac.uk/genocide/Frank2.htm (18 January 1999)
Transcript of the Nürnberg trail judgement regarding Hans Frank. Reliable insofar as it quotes the judgement verbatim.
http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/nuremberg/franktest.html
Transcript of Hans Frank's testimony at the Nürnberg trial. Reliable insofar as it quotes the testimony verbatim.
Browning, Christopher R. Nazi Policy, Jewish Workers, German Killers. Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press, 2000.
Appropriate for those well versed in Nazi history. In this well documented and researched book, Browning makes a convincing argument that the Holocaust's mass murders were more plausibly the result of a series of small cumulative decisions that solved immediate logistical situations that the Nazis faced. Browning discounts the notion that the Holocaust was the zenith of a scheme to annihilate the Jews. This is a highly persuasive and reliable book.
Fest, Joachim. The Face of the Third Reich: Portraits of the Nazi Leadership.
New York: Pantheon Books, 1999.
Well-rounded analysis of the major personalities of the Nazi party, although not revolutionary or with new insights. The prose can be thick at times, though those who have read Fest's Hitler will not face problems in this book. Reliable, although to be taken with a grain of salt; Fest has subjective analyses of various Nazis, with a controversial view of Göring.
Low, Alfred D. The Third Reich and the Holocaust in German Historiography.
Boulder: East European Monographs, 1994.
While essentially an analysis of perspectives towards the Holocaust in different eras, this book provides some good background information regarding the Nürnberg trial and the defendants at that trial. There is a comprehensive section regarding Holocaust deniers. This monograph has a reliable analysis of the Nürnberg trial; however, it has subjective views towards other eras' views towards the Holocaust.
Ostrowski, Jan K., Janusz Podlecki. Wawel Castle and Cathedral. Kraków,
Poland: Karpaty Publishing House, 1999.
Chronicles the history of Wawel Castle in Kraków. While the history spans many centuries, there is only one paragraph about the Castle during the Nazi occupation. This book is not reliable for those who would read this book merely for the Nazi connection.
Overy, Richard. Interrogations: The Nazi Elite in Allied Hands, 1945. New York:
Viking, 2001.
Case histories and interrogation transcripts of many of the Nürnberg prisoners. This book's strong points are where it analyzes the cases of Rudolf Hess and Robert Ley. It however is generally short on background and contexts, letting the interrogation transcripts speak for themselves. This book is reliable as a history of the Nürnberg trials; however, because the interviews are not published in their entirety, it cannot be reliable for the interviews.
Rudinski, Grzegorz. The Golden Book of Kraków. Florence, Italy:
Casa Editrice Bonechi, 2000.
This book has a comprehensive collection of photographs of downtown Kraków and Wawel Castle. For those interested in a general overview of what the city looks like, and what its treasures are, this is an excellent source. It also has a small section on Kazimierz, the "Jewish" section of Kraków, which was featured in Schindler's List. This book is reliable for those who seek an introduction to the city of Kraków.
Rürup, Reinhard. Topography of Terror: Gestapo, SS, and
Reichssicherheithauptamt on the Printz-Albrecht-Terrain: A Documentation. Berlin,
Germany: Verlag Willmuch Arenhövel, 1999.
A dense, convolutedly translated book, provided by the Topography of Terror exhibit housed at the former Gestapo headquarters located at Niederkirchnerstrasse 8, in Berlin, Germany. While this book's primary focus is the Gestapo headquarters located on the Printz-Albrecht-Terrain, the book does offer an excellent overview complete with pictures of other notable sites and events during the Nazi period. This book is a good resource because it also provides translations (although not smoothly rendered into English in an attempt to retain the awkward flow of the original German) of many Nazi documents. It also has short biographies of those who participated in the resistance against the Nazis. This book is reliable, although the information provided is not comprehensive.
Schoenberner, Gerhard. House of the Wannsee Conference Permanent Exhibit:
Guide and Reader. Berlin, Germany: Gedenskätte Haus der Wannsee-Konfrenz,
1992.
This is the English-language version of the guidebook provided by the museum housed within the House of the Wannsee Conference. It provides comprehensive information regarding the Wannsee Conference itself and its participants. This book also offers information on Poland, the Warsaw Uprising, partisans, and the concentration and/or death camps. There is a special section on Auschwitz. Additionally, there is information provided about the Einsatzgruppen activities in the Soviet Union. Although meant to be used in conjunction with touring the museum, this guidebook is an excellent resource for obscure photographs, explanations for some famous photographs, and provides a thumbnail overview of Nazi activities. This guide is reliable but not comprehensive.
Snyder, Louis. Encyclopedia of the Third Reich. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1976.
For those who seek a reference manual on Nazism, this is it. Brief, though broad in scope, synopses of major Nazi principals and events. This book is reliable only for quick synopses.
Spielvogel, Jackson J. Hitler and Nazi Germany: A History. New Jersey:
Prentice Hall, 1992.
This is a book accessible to both the novice and the historian. A good basic overview of what brought the Nazis to power, the Nazi State, Nazi activities during the war, as well as the Holocaust. Has good citations, which would easily lead the reader to further material. This is a highly reliable and approachable text.
The Time-Life History of WWII. New York: Barnes and Noble Books, Inc, 1995.
This is an excellent source of photographs related to World War Two. Accessible history provided in chronological order. Also provides information on the Pacific war. Reliable, but by no means comprehensive.
Waite, R.G.L. "Adolf Hitler's Guilt Feelings: A Problem in History and Psychology."
Journal of Interdisciplinary History 1:2 (1971), 229-249.
This is an interdisciplinary study that attempts to analyze Adolf Hitler's private aims, turmoil, and insecurity. It is much too subjective and presumptive for any serious consideration, and is relevant only for Hans Frank's research into the question of whether Hitler's grandfather was Jewish. This article is not reliable.
Westermann, Edward B. "'Friend and Helper': German Uniformed Police Operations in
Poland and the General Government, 1939-1941." The Journal of Military History
58:4 (1994), 643-662.
This is a compelling article that chronicles the power struggle between Hans Frank and Heinrich Himmler. It also chronicles the police forces used within Poland. This article is reliable.
http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/Holocaust/Frank1.html (2002) and http://www.ess.uwe.ac.uk/genocide/Frank.htm (7 January 1999)
These identical webpages chronicle Hans Frank's crimes at a basic level, with copious quotes from Frank's diary and speeches. The information is quoted from Nazi Conspiracy & Aggression. Reliable insofar as it quotes the book verbatim.
http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/trials12.htm
This is a fine write-up of the Nürnberg trial with easy access to primary material generated by the trial. A reliable source.
http://motlc.wiesenthal.org/text/x07/xr0765.html
This is an excerpt from the Encyclopedia of the Holocaust. It basically provides a thumbnail view of the salient facts of Hans Frank's Nazi career. Brief, but quite reliable, as all these facts are bourne out in other longer documents.
