From the war in Ukraine to the Middle East and Sudan, international justice is suffering its biggest crisis since the advances of the 1990s
EL PAÍS visits Hans Frank’s son on the 80th anniversary of the trials that ended with the death sentence for the so-called ‘Butcher of Poland’ and other Third Reich leaders
Hans Gräser, a 79-year-old German, discovered documents revealing the family’s ties to Hitler’s regime while clearing out his parents’ house. He’s not the only one to whom this has happened
There are still too many unanswered questions, many aspects to be studied, and deep taboos surrounding the most devastating conflict in history
In his new book, the British historian profiles 24 of the Third Reich’s criminals, bursting the cliché of pathological monstrosity
The legendary travel book, one of the author’s four masterpieces, traverses the former Yugoslavia at a time when the seed was being planted for the wars to come that would ravage the region
At the age of 27, with no previous trial experience, Ferencz became chief prosecutor in 1947 for a case in which 22 former Third Reich commanders were charged with genocide