Defending Nazis in Postwar Czechoslovakia : The Life of K. Resler, Defence Counsel Ex Officio of K. H. Frank.

Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Foreword -- Introduction: The final hours before the execution -- Photographs of Frank's family -- 1. The First Republic -- Defence of Antonín Kiesewetter in a treason case -- Childhood and education -- As a soldier -- JUDr. Kamill Resler's legal practice -- The Sokol's reaction to Resler's defence of Kiesewetter -- In the Sokol -- Codex mejdanensis -- Clubs and associations -- Legal practice during the First Republic (1918-1938) -- Resler's other clients -- Defence of doctor Arnošt Dvořák -- Defence of Bedřich Kalda vs. the Czechoslovak state -- The case of the Mánes artistic association -- 2. After Munich -- Salute the Flag! and other wartime books -- In politics -- Resler's family -- Role in the Bar Association -- Protection of Jews during the war -- 3. During the War: 1939-1945 -- Resler's "protectorate fun" -- Wartime conditions and the resistance -- František Bidlo and his Zderaz sketches -- Court cases and disputes during the war -- Defence of those on death row -- František Beran -- Irena Bernášková -- Anna Doušová -- Gisela Goldschraisátová -- Josef Hojný -- František Korda -- Adolf Plachý -- Ladislav Rašín -- Jana Tuhá -- Resler's stories of a colleague in Berlin -- Ordinary disputes -- After the war -- The attempt to convict traitors -- 4. The Karl Hermann Frank case -- The ex officio appointment -- Representation before the special courts -- The events of the trial -- The defence and the court proceedings -- The closing defence speech -- Reasons for conviction and acquittal -- The plea for mercy -- Financial and emotional consequences of the defence -- Frank's opinion of his defence -- The significance of Resler's defence and reactions to it -- The media's attitude to the trial, and Resler's later talks on the trial -- Visiting President Beneš -- Resler's intention to publish a book.

5. 1946-1948: Entering the twilight -- Defence of Richard Bienert -- The National Court -- Defence of Jiří Stříbrný -- Cases before and after the renewal of the Extraordinary People's Courts -- Kelemen Alexander -- Prof. Miloslav Hýsek -- Zlatko Bilian -- Hugo Sonnenschein-Sonka -- Marta Bidlová -- Karel Královec -- František Valach -- Key events of 1946 and 1947 and Resler's everyday work -- Zikmund Stein -- One insignificant case -- The end of Resler's career as a barrister -- 6. Artist and atists' lawyer to the end -- Work for the Neumann family -- Copyright disputes -- Stanislav Kostka Neumann -- Franz Kafka -- Resler's literary activity -- Articles -- Biographies -- As a translator and publisher -- New Year cards -- His own library -- Karel Dyrynk's magical experience in Kamill Resler's library -- Encounters with the regime -- Employment and Resler's financial situation -- Kamill Resler's death and will -- Afterword -- References -- Index of names.

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