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Prosecuting the cheerful murderer: Natural law and national socialist crimes in West German courts, 1945–1950

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[T]he Modern Era is the bridge between the reign of irrational faith and the reign of the irrational in a world without faith. The figure who appears at the end of that bridge is ... [the] cheerful, guilt-free murderer. Milan Kundera, The Art of the Novel

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Bryant, M.S. Prosecuting the cheerful murderer: Natural law and national socialist crimes in West German courts, 1945–1950. Hum Rights Rev 5, 86–103 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12142-004-1030-4

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