Modern National Historiography of the Nuremberg Tribunal

Abstract

The modern Russian historiography about the Nuremberg Tribunal has a large number. But, its generalization and analysis was not carried out. The purpose of this article is to systematize the publications of the last decade on the Nuremberg Trials. The author has identified nine groups of publications on this topic. Among them: works carried out in the framework of the study of international law, historical and legal processes, the history of international relations, philological research (on the activities of translators); work related to the so-called the ‘big’ Nuremberg trials, dedicated to the study of the legal regulation of biomedical research; works of a political and legal nature, calling to prevent the revision of the results of the Nuremberg process; studies reflecting the role of individuals in the organization of the tribunal, works devoted to the use of historical documents in fiction. The author came to the conclusion that the bulk of the publications are published in the anniversary years for the Nuremberg trials. This clearly indicates that there is not enough systemic research. The article also notes that most of the works were written using the same type of source base. This raises the question of a broader involvement of sources and literature in foreign languages.