WW2 War Crimes Trials
Were the war crimes trials held by the Allies in Europe and the Far East after the Second World War fair and just? We look at the trials: the law, the charges and the evidence. Be prepared to be surprised.
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Episodes
Monday Apr 11, 2022
Monday Apr 11, 2022
William Joyce – Lord Haw Haw – broadcast propaganda from Germany to Britain. Everyone thought he was British and wanted him to be hanged. He was in fact American, but that did not save him.
Thursday Mar 10, 2022
Thursday Mar 10, 2022
The trial of John Demjanjuk, suspected of being the guard known as ‘Ivan the Terrible’, ended in failure. But that was only the start …
Thursday Feb 10, 2022
Thursday Feb 10, 2022
Did Otto Calesson commit a series of heinous war crimes, or was he framed? You decide.
Monday Jan 10, 2022
Friday Dec 10, 2021
Friday Dec 10, 2021
Josef Kramer was known as the 'Beast of Belsen'. Did he deserve that name, or was he in fact a pleasant fellow?
Wednesday Nov 10, 2021
Wednesday Nov 10, 2021
Brigadier Glyn Hughes gave the Belsen court evidence which was false and misleading.
Friday Sep 10, 2021
Friday Sep 10, 2021
General Masaharu Homma and the Bataan Death March: war criminal or outstanding soldier?
Tuesday Aug 17, 2021
Tuesday Aug 17, 2021
Oscar Schmitz was charged with committing war crimes while a guard at Belsen. But he was innocent.
Thursday Jul 15, 2021
Thursday Jul 15, 2021
Karl Egersdorf worked at the Belsen Concentration Camp. Why did the British put him on trial?
Thursday Jun 24, 2021
Thursday Jun 24, 2021
The Nuremberg Trials have acquired the reputation of being a great exercise of justice by the Allies. Is that reputation really deserved?