Some discoloration on edges may be present. Amazon has encountered an error. Many of these people seem to have enjoyed extraordinary longevity, and Sands includes some of their astonishing accounts (together with photographs) in his book. . . But probably the most powerful and compulsive reading I have experienced in years. You're listening to a sample of the Audible audio edition. East West Street, Philippe Sands brings all the power of his formidable intellect, his inquisitive spirit and his emotional imagination to bear on a complicated tangle of personal, legal and European history. He can magic whole histories of wartime heroism out of addresses eight decades old. . . . The result is a narrative, to my knowledge unprecedented. It amplifies the roar of history, dramatizes the depravity of, and the moral struggle against, what Primo Levi called the “infernal order” that is Nazism. 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Nuremberg’s Palace of Justice Enjoy a great reading experience when you buy the Kindle edition of this book. Niklas interrupted my thoughts. Sherwood Park & Edmonton, Canada Accountants and Accounting Services specializes in Business Accounting and Tax Services, GST Preparation and Filing, CRA Audits, Bookkeeping Services, Payroll, Small and Medium size Business Corporate Tax preparation and filing for Corporation, sole proprietorship, individual personal tax and Farming and Agriculture Returns Tax, Rental Returns and ⦠It takes the form of a memoir, one that is fearsomely honest and engaging, in ⦠. . Sixty-eight years later I visited courtroom 600 in the company of Hans Frank’s son Niklas, who was a small boy when that promise was made. For five years, Frank had been governor of a territory that included the city of Lemberg, where Lauterpacht had a large family, including his parents, a brother and sister, their children. . Sands writes with passion and intensity; he writes about his relations so movingly, succeeding in making a very... A personal family history is woven into the fate of the Jews in Poland during the most harrowing historical period of the 20th century. “A rare and unusual event: a book about international law that makes you want to keep reading.” —Cullen Murphy, Balding and bespectacled, Hersch Lauterpacht perched at the end of a long wooden table, round as an owl, flanked by distinguished colleagues on the British prosecution team. This is ironic since the source material is a rich trove of Wachter diaries, personal correspondence, and other primary documents, much of which had not been published before. Will the new laws enable the 8 judges – two Soviet, two British, two American and two French – to obtain a conviction at Nuremberg of Hermann Goring, Alfred Rosenberg, Hans Frank, plus 11 other leading Nazis? Powerful because it recounts the individual first-hand experiences of the principle characters. A well-written book tracing the lives and deaths of the author's relations through the terrors of WW11, as well as chronicalling the rise of key members of the Nazi party and their affects on the towns in Poland where his relatives lived. Winner of the 2016 Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction . Ships directly from Amazon and is eligible for Prime or Super Saver (free) shipping. The Times of London, the former lawn tennis correspondent who reported each day on the trial. I certainly did learn a lot though, since the author is a lawyer and two of the main characters are lawyers, there is much legalese in here. He believed the law must reflect true motive and real intent. Exceptionally well researched. Volunteers will be giving away food at COJO Flatbush, 1214 East 15th Street, beginning at 11:00 am. . . It is one of a number of strange coincidences in the book that Lauterpacht was himself a law student in Lviv (though unable to take his final examinations because the University had ejected Jews.) There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. . All roads in the story lead to Lviv, a city that changed hands no fewer than eight times between 1914 and 1944 and was in German-occupied Poland at this time. New Republic . . Almost all members of both families were killed during the Holocaust. Exceptional.” —Lisa Appignanesi, .orange-text-color {font-weight:bold; color: #FE971E;}Enjoy features only possible in digital – start reading right away, carry your library with you, adjust the font, create shareable notes and highlights, and more. It looks like WhatsApp is not installed on your phone. . . I had very mixed feelings reading this book. complex and gripping . In this page-turning work of non-fiction Philippe Sands combines a personal memoir with a legal and political history. “A story of heroes and loss. One of the most gripping and powerful books imaginable.” —Dominic Sandbrook, . I bought this book because it appeared on The Economist's list of books of the year. . Frank was no longer the slender and swank minister celebrated by his friend Richard Strauss. The New York Review of Books For example, the extraordinary story of Elsie Tilney of Norwich who, working in the French resistance, travelled to Vienna where Philippe’s desperate grandmother handed a baby, Philippe’s mother, to her to avoid transportation to the death camps. . Accurate as it is, however, that insightful observation doesn’t do this book justice. East West Street a machine of power and beauty that should not be ignored by anyone in the United States or elsewhere who would believe that there are irreparable crimes whose adjudication should not stop at the border. Published by arrangement with Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of The Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC. . A profound and profoundly important book—a moving personal detective story, an uncovering of secret pasts, and a book that explores the creation and development of world-changing legal concepts that came about as a result of the unprecedented atrocities of Hitler’s Third Reich. . . I had often wondered about the last time his father passed through the elevator’s sliding door and made his way to the defendant’s dock. It was something to be imagined and not seen, because cameras were not allowed to film the last afternoon of the trial, on Tuesday, October 1, 1946. To add the following enhancements to your purchase, choose a different seller. . “Sands is a fine writer and sets his scenes so compellingly and earnestly that his enterprise succeeds. Consistently intriguing. It is also a spellbinding family memoir, as the author traces the mysterious story of his grandfather, as he maneuvered through Europe in the face of Nazi atrocities. Please use a different way to share. An Intimate Story of Three Men who Changed Human Rights Law, Reviewed in the United States on August 21, 2017. Find Cheap Hotels & Motels Near You. Please try again. . However, the style of writing is rather choppy, making it difficult at times to stay interested in what you are reading. UN News produces daily news content in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Kiswahili, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish, and weekly programmes in Hindi, Urdu and Bangla. This is the best kind of intellectual history . Reviewed in the United States on July 19, 2017. In 2003 he was appointed a Queen’s Counsel. Sands has produced something extraordinary. We have in Sands’s Not the most cheerfully titled Xmas present I have ever received. Equal parts legal scholarship, memoir and multitude of mysteries, told with admirable suspense and elocution. Full content visible, double tap to read brief content. The Sunday Times Financial Times “A compelling family memoir intersects with the story of the Jewish legal minds who sowed the seeds for human rights law at the Nuremberg trials . Indeed, he was in a considerable state of perturbation, so much so that as he entered the room, he turned and faced the wrong direction, showing his back to the judges. . . A really good read, although not an easy one to get through. The conclusion is the Nuremberg trials and what happened. Sands writes with passion and intensity; he writes about his relations so movingly, succeeding in making a very readable book, despite some weighty legal references. a thoughtful history of Nazi cruelty in Poland and its Nuremberg judgment ! From the book EAST WEST STREET by Philippe Sands, copyright © 2016 by Philippe Sands. Torture Team and is a frequent commentator on CNN and the BBC World Service. It also shows how the Germans are dealing with their past. Choose from thousands of hotel discounts & cheap hotel rooms. But probably the most powerful and compulsive reading I have experienced in years. It is a fact-finding mission, a gripping courtroom drama, a tale, ultimately and cathartically, of good triumphing over evil. This leaves a rather uneven flow to the book. . Thoughtful, and compassionate, and important.” —Daniel Hahn, - No highlighting or underlining. . . The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay I n his much-celebrated 2016 memoir, East West Street, Philippe Sands deftly wove together the story of a personal quest to uncover family secrets in ⦠.orange-text-color {font-weight:bold; color: #FE971E;}Enjoy features only possible in digital – start reading right away, carry your library with you, adjust the font, create shareable notes and highlights, and more. These trials were the birth of international law as we know it today, and the first time in recorded history where the leaders of a nation were held accountable for for crimes committed against their own people. This was done to protect the dignity of the defendants. Barack Obama and his successors would be well advised to move to the top of their reading lists this account of the birth, amid the darkest conceivable shadows, of an unprecedented body of rights-based law, whose application has scarcely begun.” —Bernard-Henri Lévy, In East West Street, the reader actually gets treated to three stories. Shipping cost, delivery date, and order total (including tax) shown at checkout. “Remarkable . This powerful account of race and racism is set in apartheid-era South Africa. This is a history that is both personal and universal. I couldn't put it down. . . Enhancements you chose aren't available for this seller. . Definitely worth a read for booklovers, historians and anyone wanting to know more about the huge amount of work done by the lawyers, judges and legal teams in bringing the guilty to justice. And his reputation as an author has grown with 2016âs part-historical, part-autobiographical East West Street, followed up this year by The Ratline, a piece of historical detective work which sets out to discover what happened to Nazi war criminal Otto von Wächter when he went on the run. In East West Street, the reader actually gets treated to three stories. He feared group identity create a sharp backlash and poorly drafted laws would have unintended consequences. “Remarkable . . In Sands’s pages, many beautifully adorned with photos, maps, letters—evidence—we see the piece-by-piece reconstruction of a lost world, and the development of ideas that would help safeguard a new one.” —Malcolm Forbes, . . After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. Engrossing, luminous and moving.” —Samuel Moyn, Sands’s greatest achievement is the way he moves between his family story and the lives of Lauterpacht and Lemkin and how he brings their complex work to life. “This is a happy room, for me, and for the world.” . A personal family history is woven into the fate of the Jews in Poland during the most harrowing historical period of the 20th century. Expedia's Hotel Search makes booking easy. At the other end of the street, Hersh Lauterpacht was born. Unable to add item to List. I have given 5 copies of this book to close Jewish and non-Jewish friends. Another man with an interest in the trial was not there that day. Having the patience to wait it out may be the hard part. To get the free app, enter your mobile phone number. Thursday, October 16, 2014, See world news photos and videos at ABCNews.com . 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