ABSTRACT
This chapter describes what happened in Australia during the 1980s and 1990s when western attitudes towards alleged perpetrators of the Holocaust were changing. Reacting to both international and domestic pressure, Australia – in common with the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom – instituted judicial processes against alleged perpetrators who were now residents and/or citizens of Australia. The War Crimes Act was amended to allow for criminal prosecution in Australia, and a Special Investigations Unit was established to investigate allegations and prepare cases for trial; this chapter incorporates the first use of these recently released archives. It highlights the many flaws in an investigative and legal process that historians found challenging and, ultimately, frustrating.
