Daniel Hahn

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Before the Nuremberg Trials, neither genocide nor crimes against humanity were recognised concepts. In his moving East West Street, Philippe Sands describes their origins (within his own family) and their inspiration

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

    Philippe Sands

    Weidenfeld, pp. 480

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