Arthur Comyns Carr
Sir Arthur Strettell Comyns Carr ( September 19, 1882 - April 20, 1965 ) was a British politician and lawyer . He served as President of the Liberal Party (1958-1959) and was elected to the British House of Commons (1923-1924) for the constituency of Islington East .
Carr represented the British government as an associate prosecutor in the war crimes tribunal in Tokyo and as the main prosecutor in the allied war crimes trial in the British zone , which began on August 23, 1949 in the Curiohaus in Hamburg . a. against Field Marshal General Erich von Manstein .
Works
- The Judgment of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East. In: Transactions of the Grotius Society 34, 1948.
- The Tokyo War Criminal Trail. In: Far Eastern Survey 18, 1949.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Justice: The Most Capable . In: Der Spiegel . No. 35 , 1949 ( online - Aug. 25, 1949 ).
- ↑ Oliver von Wrochem: Erich von Manstein. War of Extermination and the Politics of History . Schöningh, Paderborn 2006 (also dissertation, University of Hamburg 2005), p. 153.
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| SURNAME | Carr, Arthur Comyns |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Carr, AS Comyns; Carr, Arthur Strettell Comyns (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British politician and lawyer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 19, 1882 |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 20, 1965 |