Eric Chaim Kline, Bookseller

Eric Chaim Kline, Bookseller

Trial of Nikolaus von Falkenhorst. Formerly Generaloberst in the German Army

London, Edinburgh, Glasgow: William Hodge and Company, 1949. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xlii, 278pp., 22 plates, 4 maps. Original illustrated dustjacket, black lettering on spine, over bright red cloth with blind-stamped publisher's device on cover and gilt lettering on spine. Vol. VI. of war Crimes Trials published by William Hodge. "On 29th July, 1946, Nikolaus von Falkenhorst, one-time Commander-in-Chief of the German Armed Forces in Norway, faced a British Military Tribunal at Brunswick on nine charges of committing a war crime, was convicted on seven of those charges, and sentenced to death; ultimately this sentence was commuted to twenty years of imprisonment. These crimes charged him with the responsibility for the killing of British soldiers and sailors, prisoners of war." (Publisher). This documentation of the proceedings of a Military Court is illustrated with some 30 b/w reproductions of photographs, including documents, and four fold out maps of military operations under von Falkenhorst's command. Back flap and back cover of dustjacket with publisher's advertisements of War Crime Trials Series. Dustjacket with some wear along edges, price clipped and lightly sunned. DJ in overall good, binding and interior in very good condition. g to vg. Item #43352

Price: $95.00

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