Libro
Sands, Philippe
East West street / Philippe Sands
London : Weidenfeld Nicolson, 2017
Titolo e contributi: East West street / Philippe Sands
Pubblicazione: London : Weidenfeld Nicolson, 2017
Descrizione fisica:
464 S. ; 22 cm
ISBN: 9781474603553
Data:2017
Lingua:
Inglese (lingua del testo, colonna sonora, ecc.)
Paese:
xx
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Abstract:
Part historical detective story, part family history, part legal thriller, Philippe Sands guides us between past and present as several interconnected stories unfold in parallel. The first is the hidden story of two Nuremberg prosecutors who discover, only at the end of the trials, that the man they are prosecuting may be responsible for the murder of their entire families in Nazi-occupied Poland, in and around Lviv. The two prosecutors, Hersch Lauterpacht and Rafael Lemkin, were remarkable men, whose efforts led to the inclusion of the terms 'crimes against humanity' and 'genocide' in the judgement at Nuremberg. The defendant, Hans Frank, Hitler's personal lawyer and Governor-General of Nazi-occupied Poland, turns out to be an equally compelling character.