Defending Nazis in Postwar Czechoslovakia

In this book, Czech lawyer and scholar Jakub Drpal tells the story of the life of Kamill Resler, an attorney who defended the most prominent Nazi tried in postwar Czechoslovakia: Karl Hermann Frank, who would go on to be executed for his role in organizing the massacres of the Czech villages Lidice and Leky in 1942. Celebrating Reslers lifelong commitment to justiceto honoring even the most nefarious criminals right to a defenseDrpal highlights events that influenced Reslers outlook and legal career, important cases that preceded Franks trial, Reslers subsequent defenses of other Nazi criminals, and the final years of Reslers life under the communist regime.