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March 19, 2018

East West Street: On the Origins of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity with Philippe Sands -- Holocaust Living History Workshop -- The Library Channel

57 minutes

In describing his new book, “East West Street” author Philippe Sands looks at the personal and intellectual evolution of the two men who simultaneously originated the ideas of “genocide” and “crimes against humanity,” both of whom, not knowing the other, studied at the same university in a now-obscure city that had once been known as “the little Paris of Ukraine,” a city variously called Lemberg, Lwów, Lvov, or Lviv. It is also a spellbinding family memoir, as Sands traces the mysterious story of his grandfather, as he maneuvered through Europe in the face of Nazi atrocities. Sands is presented by the Holocaust Living History Workshop and the Library at UC San Diego.

Series: "Library Channel" [Humanities] [Show ID: 32847]

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