Nuremberg Trials WWII The Retribution Poltorak 1976 Novosti Russian War Crimes

by Arkady Iosifovich Poltorak

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.no-subscribe { display: none} [contenteditable] { pointer-events: none; } The Retribution by A. Poltorak Published by Novosti Press Agency Publishing House, Moscow, 1976. Very good trade paperback. Good binding, light cover wear, unmarked text. 133 pages. A. Poltorak’s The Retribution, issued in 1976 by Moscow’s Novosti Press Agency Publishing House, distills the Soviet perspective on the Nuremberg Trials into a concise, eyewitness-driven narrative. Arkady Iosifovich Poltorak (1916–1985), a Soviet journalist and jurist, served as secretariat head of the Soviet delegation at the 1945–1946 International Military Tribunal, bringing unparalleled proximity to this account. Novosti, a state propaganda arm, released this English-language paperback to export the USSR’s interpretation of Nazi accountability, aligning with Cold War-era efforts to underscore Soviet contributions to postwar justice. Subtitled Notes of an Eye-Witness of the Nuremberg Trial, it’s a lean, potent artifact of legal and ideological history. Poltorak’s prose marches through key trial moments—testimonies of Göring, Ribbentrop, and others—filtered through his front-row vantage, emphasizing Nazi atrocities and Allied triumph. No frills pad the volume; it’s a straight recounting, heavy with dates and quotes, its brevity a stark contrast to the trials’ year-long sprawl. The Retribution is Holocaust literature meets judicial chronicle, a Soviet lens on war crimes prosecution. Poltorak frames Nuremberg as retribution

• Publisher: Novosti Press Agency Publishing House
• Year: 1976
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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