ATTITUDE TOWARDS WAR CRIMINALS BEGAN TO CHANGE DURING WORLD WAR II
If earlier it was believed that crimes and violence against civilians and prisoners of war were a natural consequence of warfare, during World War II the actions of both SS-men and the leadership of Nazi Germany were perceived as crimes that violated the norms of international law. The analysis of the materials of the Russian-language weekly "British Ally", published from 1942 (the date when the weekly was established) to 1945 (the end of the war), allows to judge how the attitude of the British government and society towards war criminals was changing and how the British Ally was leading public opinion on the need for trials held by the Allied forces.