“Remarkable sleuthing.” —Christopher R. Browning, “It’s the only room in the world where I am a little bit nearer to my father,” he told me, “sitting here and thinking of being him, for about a year being in here, with an open toilet and a small table and a small bed and nothing else.” The cell was unforgiving, and so was Niklas on the subject of his father’s actions. Enhancements you chose aren't available for this seller. There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Another man with an interest in the trial was not there that day. Powerful because it recounts the individual first-hand experiences of the principle characters. penetrating. . This may have been who they were, but that just be as much as the source materials would allow. The Ravine: A Family, a Photograph, a Holocaust Massacre Revealed. important and engrossing. Get in-depth analysis on current news, happenings and headlines. Please try again. When he came back out, he made his way to the place where his father sat during the trial, charged with crimes against humanity and genocide. Prologue Winner of the 2016 Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading. The road to international law through family secrets, Reviewed in the United States on June 15, 2020. In this page-turning work of non-fiction Philippe Sands combines a personal memoir with a legal and political history. moving and powerful.” —Mark Mazower, . In 2003 he was appointed a Queen's Counsel. vivid . Reviewed in the United States on July 19, 2017. . . a profoundly personal account of the origins of crimes against humanity and genocide, told with love, anger and precision.” —John le Carré Consistently intriguing. Here we find both the detail of concepts and the detail of personal lives and geographies. .orange-text-color {font-weight:bold; color: #FE971E;}View high quality images that let you zoom in to take a closer look. . It is a fact-finding mission, a gripping courtroom drama, a tale, ultimately and cathartically, of good triumphing over evil. . . Many of these people seem to have enjoyed extraordinary longevity, and Sands includes some of their astonishing accounts (together with photographs) in his book. At the other end of the street, Hersh Lauterpacht was born. 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. “East West Street” presents the historical intersection of four lives in the thirties and forties arising from the Nazi occupation of Poland, specifically Lemberg (L’viv, L’vow), and its savagery against its Jews which gave rise to the legal concept of "crimes against... “East West Street” presents the historical intersection of four lives in the thirties and forties arising from the Nazi occupation of Poland, specifically Lemberg (L’viv, L’vow), and its savagery against its Jews which gave rise to the legal concept of "crimes against humanity" at the Nuremberg prosecutions in 1945-6, and, ultimately the modern legally cognizable crime of "genocide." He believed the law must reflect true motive and real intent. engaging. . This is a history that is both personal and universal. “An intimate and important tale . He wore a gray suit, a shade that was offset by the white helmets worn by the two somber-faced military guards, his escorts. . You can return the item for any reason in new and unused condition: no shipping charges, Or get 4-5 business-day shipping on this item for $5.99 remarkable.” —John Tirman, The last time Niklas had been in this part of the building was in September 1946. . Up until this point the state was free to act as it wished – discriminate, torture and kill. feel the mittel-European civilization their lives embodied, a whole world that was destroyed and reinvented within the span of a single lifetime.”   In a gripping account of the trial (supported by some remarkable photographs), Sands notes that it was “the first time in human history that the leaders of a state were put on trial before an international court for crimes against humanity and genocide, two new crimes.” There is much fascinating legal detail in the book, and the hero is the great Cambridge Law Professor, Hersch Lauterpacht, the father of modern human rights whose own family perished in Poland. . East West Street is a street in Zolkiew , now Ukraine, on one end of which lived Leon Buchholz, Philippe Sands’ grandfathers. 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, From the book EAST WEST STREET by Philippe Sands, copyright © 2016 by Philippe Sands. Choose from thousands of hotel discounts & cheap hotel rooms. Dr Hans Frank, the brutal yet cultured Nazi Governor-General of Poland in these years, assumed responsibility for the extermination of the Jewish population in Lviv. But probably the most powerful and compulsive reading I have experienced in years.   Sands acts as archivist and archaeologist, traveler and historian—but also as horrified observer.” —Sarah Wildman, New Republic Courtroom 600, still a working courtroom, was not greatly changed since the time of the trial. . It even-handedly charts four separate lives and skillfully explores a beleaguered city with blurred borders. Herta Rosenblum whose family perished in the holocaust explains: “I decided a very long time ago that this was a period I did not wish to remember. . “A tour de force . The information regarding the Nuremberg Trials was fascinating, having brought the characters involved to life in the previous pages. Please try again. . This was done to protect the dignity of the defendants. 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. Brief content visible, double tap to read full content. Up until this point, states were allowed to treat their own people however they wished. a thoughtful history of Nazi cruelty in Poland and its Nuremberg judgment ! . Sands has produced something extraordinary. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 26, 2016, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 6, 2018, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 4, 2017. The last third of the book focusses on the Nuremberg trials. “A monumental achievement . . A pillar of the emerging genre of third-generation investigation into the legacy of the European Jewish apocalypse . . . The conclusion is the Nuremberg trials and what happened. . But at the same time the book brings to life the controversy in framing international law between the two lawyers, Lauterpacht and Lemkin, who came from the same city, studied at the same University but were not acquainted with each other. East West Street is a street in Zolkiew , now Ukraine, on one end of which lived Leon Buchholz, Philippe Sands’ grandfathers. No other book has inspired that reaction. Exceptional.” —Lisa Appignanesi, 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. . . remarkable . “A story of heroes and loss. Expedia's Hotel Search makes booking easy. Ships directly from Amazon and is eligible for Prime or Super Saver (free) shipping. This revolutionary new concept has placed limits on state sovereignty ever since and has meant that states are no longer free to treat their people as they wish. Indeed, they come across as rather ordinary people---amoral and unreflective, much less introspective. . . . Find Cheap Hotels & Motels Near You. The origins of the “crimes against humanity“ and “genocide“ phrases are so interesting, and the background from... Sands’s book is so well constructed and gives an excellent view into WWII and its effect on Ukraine, though it shows a broad international scope and settings. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. He is a frequent commentator on CNN and the BBC World Service. 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. 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. . . ${cardName} not available for the seller you chose. . . He is the author of Phillipe Sands is a lawyer and scholar. Yet they provide a unique picture of the tragedy of life as experienced by Jews in the city in those years. . “My father was a lawyer; he knew what he did.” Top subscription boxes – right to your door, © 1996-2021, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. Jewish Daily Forward The book centres on the nearby city of Lviv and on four characters who lived there – Leon, Sand’s grandfather – and two lawyers - Hersh Lauterpacht and Raphael Lemkin who independently became world renowned architects of the Crimes Against Humanity and Genocide now embedded in international law – and Hans Frank who was appointed Governor General of Poland when Hitler divided up Poland with Russia in 1939. Almost all members of both families were killed during the Holocaust. Reviewed in the United States on September 2, 2017. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 13, 2019, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 18, 2017, Vintage; Illustrated edition (July 11, 2017). Get the latest international news and world events from Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and more. Philippe Sands is a British and French lawyer at Matrix Chambers, and Professor of Laws and Director of the Centre on International Courts and Tribunals at University College London. However, the style of writing is rather choppy, making it difficult at times to stay interested in what you are reading. 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. Published by arrangement with Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of The Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC. Equal parts legal scholarship, memoir and multitude of mysteries, told with admirable suspense and elocution. 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.) Thoughtful, and compassionate, and important.” —Daniel Hahn, “Open, shut, open, shut,” wrote R. W. Cooper of —Michael Chabon, author of One of the most gripping and powerful books imaginable.” —Dominic Sandbrook, In a gripping narrative that is tender yet dispassionate, intensely felt and meticulously researched, Sands uncovers the surprising affinities and divergences among the parallel lives of three men, two celebrated, one unknown, whose struggles, sorrows, accomplishments and defeats, large and small, help us to understand and, more, to  The result is a narrative, to my knowledge unprecedented. Thursday, October 16, 2014, “Remarkable . We use your email to create your account, tell you important things about your account, or notify you of special Globe promotions. Discounts, promotions, and special offers on best-selling magazines. . . It raises the question whether, in the darkest corners of our minds, we... Exceptionally well researched.   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. Niklas interrupted my thoughts. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in, No Import Fees Deposit & $12.28 Shipping to Poland.   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. New York Times Book Review (cover review) A little after three o’clock in the afternoon, the wooden door behind the defendant’s dock slid open and Hans Frank entered court- room 600. . This may have been because they largely lived separate lives and their correspondence was for the most part prosaic. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. . . Niklas slid the door open and entered the small space, then closed the door behind him. Lauterpacht put the term ‘crimes against humanity’ – "three words" which, as Sands puts it, "describe the murder of four million Jews and Poles on the territory of Poland” - into the Nuremburg trial. This is the best kind of intellectual history . - No highlighting or underlining. “Vivid and readable. . This leaves a rather uneven flow to the book. “Supremely gripping. When the trial had opened a year earlier, their fate in the kingdom of Hans Frank was unknown. “Remarkable . . Tuesday, October 1, 1946, .   . 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. Some discoloration on edges may be present. East West Street weaves lives together in a kind of collective biography of a generation . Includes initial monthly payment and selected options. . compelling . Other reviewers note that it can be dry and legal in places, but I personally never found this to be the case, speaking as someone with no knowledge of legal jargon and legalese. Our multimedia service, through this new integrated single platform, updates throughout the day, in text, audio and video – also making use of quality images and other media from across the UN system. a riveting odyssey. We need this Account Information to register you. I couldn't put it down. . Bring your club to Amazon Book Clubs, start a new book club and invite your friends to join, or find a club that’s right for you for free. . The surprise is that even when charting the complexities of law, Sands’s writing has the intrigue, verve and material density of a first-rate thriller. This shopping feature will continue to load items when the Enter key is pressed. However, the style of writing is rather choppy, making it difficult at times to stay interested in what you are reading. He too had a personal interest in Frank: he had spent years in Lwów, and his parents and brother were caught up in the crimes said to have been committed on Frank’s territory. Niklas sat down and leaned forward on the wooden rail. . . Exactly the same silence exhibited by my father of his experiences. Both showed a mind with remarkable range. Ultimately, Sands’s multifaceted book stands triumphantly alone. 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.   Genocide and crimes against humanity international law. The book, though scholarly and erudite in tone, is beautifully written and immensely readable It is a truly remarkable book. . .orange-text-color {color: #FE971E;} Explore your book, then jump right back to where you left off with Page Flip. he also works in the manner of the author of thrillers. Philippe Sands makes the book so compulsive by following individuals – Jewish relatives and family members who died or survived. Sovereignty meant sovereignty, total and absolute. There was a problem loading your book clubs. 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. 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 …   We have in Sands’s . New Statesman I bought this book because it appeared on The Economist's list of books of the year.   He spoke gently and firmly. See world news photos and videos at ABCNews.com Reviewed in the United States on February 16, 2021. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay . “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 .

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