Fulfilling the Prophecy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4494514 |
|---|---|
| Authors | N Stargardt (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 67 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 261-270 |
| Publication date | 2009-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | History Workshop Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1363-3554 • E-ISSN: 1477-4569 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/hwj/dbn076 |
| OpenAlex | W2136043777 |
| Language | EN |
On 5 March 1944, Kurt Gerstein wrote in a letter to his father, a retired judge, I do not know what goes on inside you, and would not presume to claim the smallest right to know. But when a man has spent his professional life in the service of the law something must have happened inside him during these last few years. I was deeply perturbed by one thing you said to me, or rather wrote to me. ... You said: Hard times demand tough methods! – No, no maxim of that kind is adequate to justify what has happened.
Economics · Maxim · Political science · Service (business) · Sociology · Law · Legal Education and Practice Innovations · Philosophy
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |