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East West Street: On the Origins of "Genocide" and "Crimes Against Humanity"

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East West Street: On the Origins of "Genocide" and "Crimes Against Humanity"

WinnerÂ of the 2016 Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction

A profound and profoundly important bookâ€”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 Hitlerâ€™s Third Reich.

East West Street looks at the personal and intellectual evolution of the two men who simultaneously originated the ideas of â€œgenocideâ€ and â€œcrimes against humanity,â€ both of whom, not knowing the other, studied at the same university with the same professors, in a city little known today that was a major cultural center of Europe, â€œthe little Paris of Ukraine,â€ a city variously called Lemberg, LwÃ³w, Lvov, or Lviv. 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.

East West StreetÂ isÂ a book that changes the way we look at the world, at our understanding of history and how civilization has tried to cope with mass murder.
Country USA
Brand Vintage
Manufacturer Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 0525433724_used
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 2017-07-11
UnitCount 1
Format Illustrated
EANs 9780525433729

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