Cover -- Table of contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Setting the scene -- 1.1 Interpreters in history. The history of interpreters -- 1.2 Historical and sociological aspects of interpreting -- Chapter 2. The Ethics of Interpreters -- 2.1 Why study interpreters? -- 2.2 The concept of an ideal interpreter -- 2.3 The sociology of interpreting -- 2.4 The roles of interpreters -- 2.5 The responsibility of interpreters -- 2.6 The habitus of the interpreter -- 2.7 The need for interpreters -- 2.8 Conclusions -- Chapter 3. Interpreters in Nazi Concentration Camp. The Case of "Lagerdolmetscher" -- 3.1 Interpreting in extreme situations -- 3.2 Communication in the concentration camps -- 3.3 The need for interpreters in the concentration camps -- 3.4 Camp interpreters -- 3.4.1 Interpreters in the KL Auschwitz-Birkenau -- 3.4.2 Interpreters in KL Majdanek -- 3.5 Language combination -- 3.6 The duties of the interpreters -- 3.7 Roles, strategies and techniques of interpreting -- 3.8 Conclusions -- Chapter 4. The War Crimes Trials in Poland (1946-1948) -- 4.1 Power, trust and control in court interpreting -- 4.2 War criminals trials in Poland after World War II -- 4.3 Trials before the Supreme National Tribunal -- 4.3.1 The trial of Arthur Greiser -- 4.3.2 The trial of Ludwig Fischer, Ludwig Leist, Joseph Meisinger and Max Daum -- 4.3.3 The trial of Rudolf Höss -- 4.3.4 The trial of the SS Staff of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp -- 4.3.4 The trial of Joseph Bühler -- 4.3.5 The trial of Albert Foster -- 4.3.6 The trial of Amon Goeth -- 4.4 After the trials -- 4.5 Trust and control -- 4.5.1 Recruitment of interpreters -- 4.5.2 The interpreter's oath -- 4.5.3 The waiver of interpreting -- 4.5.4 Affidavit -- 4.5.5 Other measures -- 4.6 Monitoring -- 4.7 Conclusions -- Chapter 5. Military and Wartime Interpreters.

5.1 Interpreters in high risk settings -- 5.2 A wartime interpreter - a dangerous job -- 5.3 A wartime interpreter - more than an interpreter -- 5.4 Protection of the interpreters -- 5.5 Conclusions -- Conclusions -- References -- Name Index.