East West Street : On the Origins of -Genocide- And -Crimes Against Humanity-

from alexbolding

Beautifully crafted reconstruction of the lives and roles of three main characters whose families shared a home at the East West street of Zolkiew, a small place North of Lemberg, Lwow, Lviv, the city that changed nationality many times in a short span of time between 1914-1944 (Austria-Hungary; ...

from PDCRead

Back in 2010 the barrister Philippe Sands was asked to give a lecture at Lviv University in Ukraine on the subjects of genocide and crimes against humanity. This gave him the opportunity to visit the city, and maybe discover more about his maternal grandfather, a man who he knew so little about. ...

from Eyejaybee

Philippe Sands has produced a gem of a book, in which he combines an account of the development of the international law addressing crimes against humanity and genocide, with a history of the city known at different times by the names of Lvov, Lemberg and Lviv (among others) and a heart-rending a...

from alexbolding

Beautifully crafted reconstruction of the lives and roles of three main characters whose families shared a home at the East West street of Zolkiew, a small place North of Lemberg, Lwow, Lviv, the city that changed nationality many times in a short span of time between 1914-1944 (Austria-Hungary; ...

from PDCRead

Back in 2010 the barrister Philippe Sands was asked to give a lecture at Lviv University in Ukraine on the subjects of genocide and crimes against humanity. This gave him the opportunity to visit the city, and maybe discover more about his maternal grandfather, a man who he knew so little about. ...