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East West Street by Philippe Sands (2016)

Philippe Sands’ East West Street is a gripping exploration of family history, legal history, and the violent upheavals of twentieth-century Europe. Beginning with an invitation to lecture in Lviv, Sands follows the traces of his grandfather Leon Buchholz and uncovers unexpected connections to Hersch Lauterpacht, Raphael Lemkin, and Hans Frank. In doing so, he reconstructs the origins of the concepts of crimes against humanity and genocide, and shows how closely the history of international law is bound up with individual lives, places, and memories. For readers interested in the Second World War, Galicia, Lviv, or the history of international law, this award-winning book is both intellectually illuminating and deeply moving

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