Zdlouhavý zápas o retribuční spravedlnost
Lengthy Struggle for Retribution Justice

Summary/Abstract: In the reviewer’s opinion, the extensive work of historian Vojtěch Kyncl named "Bestie: Československo a stíhání nacistických zločinců" [The Beast: Czechoslovakia and the Prosecution of Nazi Criminals] (Prague: Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 2019) substantially complements and enriches the knowledge of the administration of retributive justice in post-war Czechoslovakia. Thanks to a broadly conceived and precisely executed archival research and his excellent professional expertise, the author was able to present a high-quality monograph structured in a well-arranged manner. Its first part analyzes theoretical presumptions and context of the post-war prosecution of Nazi criminals and also maps historical developments in this field, while the second part presents reconstructions of some ninety case histories of indicted Nazi officials from different levels of the Nazi hierarchy who worked in the German occupation apparatus (mostly in its security elements) in the territory of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia and the Slovak Republic between 1939 and 1945, and also of a few Slovak representatives. The author also provides revealing facts on the cooperation of Czechoslovak investigators with authorities of other socialist countries, as well as with those of the Federal Republic of Germany, where the investigation of Nazi crimes often encountered judiciary obstructions.

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