Sonderkommando in Canada: Canada's First World War II War Crimes Trial, 1951-56

Authors

Joseph Kary

Abstract

The article examines the 1950 trial of David Zimet, a Jewish policeman in the Tarnów ghetto, held in Montreal by the Canadian Jewish Congress, highlighting the strengths and weaknesses of community tribunals in addressing war crimes. It explores the moral and legal complexities of collaboration during the Holocaust, the challenges of survivor testimony, and the broader implications for postwar justice and communal accountability.

Disciplines

Comparative and Foreign Law | Courts | International Law | Law | Legal History

Recommended Citation

Joseph Kary, Sonderkommando in Canada: Canada's First World War II War Crimes Trial, 1951-56, 6 Cardozo Int’l & Compar. L. Rev. 383 (2023).
Available at: https://larc.cardozo.yu.edu/ciclr/vol6/iss2/3