Defending Nazis in Postwar Czechoslovakia
| Titel: | Defending Nazis in Postwar Czechoslovakia : the life of K. Resler, defense counsel ex officio of K.H. Frank / Jakub Drápal; translated by Anna Barton |
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| Ausgabe: | First English edition |
| Veröffentlicht: | 2017 |
| Umfang: | 213 Seiten : Illustrationen |
| Format: | Buch |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| ISBN: | 9788024637303 ; 8024637308 |
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Inhaltsverzeichnis
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- Acknowledgements
- p. 9
- Preface
- p. 11
- Foreword
- p. 14
- Introduction: The final hours before the execution
- p. 16
- Photographs of Frank's family
- p. 23
- 1
- The First Republic
- p. 25
- Defence of Antonín Kiesewetter in a treason case
- p. 26
- Childhood and education
- p. 29
- As a soldier
- p. 31
- JUDr. Kamill Resler's legal practice
- p. 38
- The Sokol's reaction to Resler's defence of Kiesewetter
- p. 40
- In the Sokol
- p. 43
- Codex mejdanensis
- p. 46
- Clubs and associations
- p. 47
- Legal practice during the First Republic (1918-1938)
- p. 49
- Resler's other clients
- p. 53
- Defence of doctor Arnost Dvorák
- p. 54
- Defence of Bedrich Kalda vs. the Czechoslovak state
- p. 55
- The case of the Manes artistic association
- p. 57
- 2
- After Munich
- p. 58
- Salute the Flag! and other wartime books
- p. 58
- In politics
- p. 61
- Resler's family
- p. 63
- Role in the Bar Association
- p. 66
- Protection of Jews during the war
- p. 67
- 3
- During the War: 1939-1945
- p. 71
- Resler's "protectorate fun"
- p. 71
- Wartime conditions and the resistance
- p. 73
- Frantisek Bidlo and his Zderaz sketches
- p. 76
- Court cases and disputes during the war
- p. 79
- Defence of those on death row
- p. 83
- Frantisek Beran
- p. 84
- Irena Bernásková
- p. 84
- Anna Dousová
- p. 85
- Gisela Goldschraisátová
- p. 85
- Josef Hojny
- p. 86
- Frantisek Korda
- p. 87
- Adolf Plachy
- p. 87
- Ladislav Rasín
- p. 87
- Jana Tuhá
- p. 88
- Resler's stories of a colleague in Berlin
- p. 88
- Ordinary disputes
- p. 89
- After the war
- p. 91
- The attempt to convict traitors
- p. 94
- 4
- The Karl Hermann Frank Case
- p. 96
- The ex officio appointment
- p. 99
- Representation before the special courts
- p. 104
- The events of the trial
- p. 105
- The defence and the court proceedings
- p. 115
- The closing defence speech
- p. 121
- Reasons for conviction and acquittal
- p. 128
- The plea for mercy
- p. 132
- Financial and emotional consequences of the defence
- p. 134
- Franks opinion of his defence
- p. 137
- The significance of Resler's defence and reactions to it
- p. 139
- The media's attitude to the trial, and Resler's later talks on the trial
- p. 142
- Visiting President Benes
- p. 144
- Resler's intention to publish a book
- p. 147
- 5
- 1946-1948: Entering the Twilight
- p. 148
- Defence of Richard Bienert
- p. 148
- The National Court
- p. 151
- Defence of Jirí Stríbrny
- p. 153
- Cases before and after the renewal of the Extraordinary People's Courts
- p. 156
- Kelemen Alexander
- p. 157
- Prof. Miloslav Hysek
- p. 159
- Zlatko Bilian
- p. 161
- Hugo Sonnenschein-Sonka
- p. 161
- Marta Bidlová
- p. 162
- Karel Královec
- p. 163
- Frantisek Valach
- p. 163
- Key events of 1946 and 1947 and Resler's everyday work
- p. 163
- Zikmund Stein
- p. 166
- One insignificant case
- p. 167
- The end of Resler's career as a barrister
- p. 168
- 6
- Artist and Artists' Lawyer to the End
- p. 172
- Work for the Neumann family
- p. 173
- Copyright disputes
- p. 176
- Stanislav Kostka Neumann
- p. 176
- Franz Kafka
- p. 177
- Resler's literary activity
- p. 178
- Articles
- p. 179
- Biographies
- p. 179
- As a translator and publisher
- p. 180
- New Year cards
- p. 181
- His own library
- p. 184
- Karel Dyrynk's magical experience in Kamill Resler's library
- p. 186
- Encounters with the regime
- p. 189
- Employment and Resler's financial situation
- p. 192
- Kamill Reslers death and will
- p. 196
- Afterword
- p. 200
- References
- p. 204
- Index of names
- p. 210
