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內容簡介 英國 Baillie Gifford 獎決選名單入圍，《衛報》評選為2016年最佳歷史書籍人權律師菲利普•桑斯解析紐倫堡大審判真相，探究種族滅絕與反人權罪的起源人權律師菲利普•桑斯著手撰寫本書的開始，源於他受邀前往烏克蘭的利維夫演講，因而揭開一系列非凡及難以想像的歷史巧合事件。因此促使他走遍半個世界，探索國際法的起源，同時揭開他的家族歷史秘密，以紐倫堡大審判為故事的開端與結尾，同時並述一段沉痛的歷史過往及家族回憶錄。故事的第一段以紐倫堡的最大被告波蘭占領區總督漢斯•法郎克為開始，述說他如何違反人權及種族滅絕等罪行。第二段則以桑斯的母親一家人是如何遭受二戰及納粹的迫害，被迫逃離至歐洲的過往。而故事的重心則探討因為這樣的過往，促使桑斯成為人權律師及尋求國際法的平等，內容集結學術研究與情感共鳴，熱愛歷史研究的讀者值得一讀。 When human rights lawyer Philippe Sands received an invitation to deliver a lecture in the Ukrainian city of Lviv, he began to uncover a series of extraordinary historical coincidences. It set him on a quest that would take him halfway around the world in an exploration of the origins of international law and the pursuit of his own secret family history, beginning and ending with the last day of the Nuremberg trial.Part historical detective story, part family history, part legal thriller, EAST WEST STREET is a powerful meditation on the way memory, crime and guilt leave scars across generations, and the haunting gaps left by the secrets of others.
