East West street : on the origins of genocide and crimes against humanity

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When human rights lawyer Philippe Sands received an invitation to deliver a lecture in the Ukrainian city of Lviv, he began to uncover a series of extraordinary historical coincidences. It set him on a quest that would take him halfway around the world in an exploration of the origins of international law and the pursuit of his own secret family history, beginning and ending with the last day of the Nuremberg trial. Part historical detective story, part family history, part legal thriller, EAST WEST STREET is a powerful meditation on the way memory, crime and guilt leave scars across generations, and the haunting gaps left by the secrets of others. … celý popis

Podrobná bibliografie

Hlavní autor:

Philippe Sands, 1960-

Typ dokumentu:

Knihy

Rozsah:

xxx, 464 stran :

Vydáno:

London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2017

Vydání:

Paperback edition first published

Témata:

1901-1945

1939-1945

1945-1946

holocaust (1939-1945) > Polsko

norimberský proces (1945-1946 : Norimberk, Německo)

zločiny proti lidskosti

genocida

mezinárodní právo

Lvov (Ukrajina) > dějiny > 1901-1945

literatura faktu

Fyzický popis:

xxx, 464 stran : ilustrace, mapy, portréty, faksimile ; 20 cm

Bibliografie:

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ISBN:

978-1-4746-0191-7