{"product_id":"east-west-street-on-the-origins-of-genocide-and-crimes-against-humanity","title":"East West Street: On the Origins of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity","description":"\u003cdiv data-a-expander-name=\"book_description_expander\" data-a-expander-collapsed-height=\"280\" class=\"a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-spacing-base a-expander-partial-collapse-container\" style=\"max-height: none; height: 280px;\"\u003e \u003cdiv data-expanded=\"false\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px;\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA profound, important book, a moving personal detective story and an uncovering of secret pasts, set in Europe‚Äôs center, the city of bright colors‚ÄîLviv, Ukraine, dividing east from west, north from south, in what had been the Austro-Hungarian Empire. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA book that explores the development of the world-changing legal concepts of ‚Äúgenocide‚Äù and ‚Äúcrimes against humanity‚Äù that came about as a result of the unprecedented atrocities of Hitler‚Äôs Third Reich.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is also a spellbinding family memoir, as the author traces the mysterious story of his grandfather as he maneuvered through Europe in the face of Nazi atrocities. This is ‚Äúa monumental achievement ...  told with love, anger and precision‚Äù (John le Carr√©, acclaimed internationally bestselling author).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eEast West Street\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e looks at the personal and intellectual evolution of the two men who simultaneously originated the ideas of ‚Äúgenocide‚Äù and ‚Äúcrimes against humanity,‚Äù both of whom, not knowing the other, studied at the same university with the same professors, in ‚Äúthe Paris of Ukraine,‚Äù a major cultural center of Europe, a city variously called Lemberg, Lw√≥w, Lvov, or Lviv. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Phillipe Sands changes the way we look at the world, at our understanding of history and how civilization has tried to cope with mass murder\u003c\/span\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-header a-expander-partial-collapse-header\" style=\"opacity: 1; display: block;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-content-fade\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"javascript:void(0)\" role=\"button\" data-action=\"a-expander-toggle\" class=\"a-declarative\" data-a-expander-toggle='{\"allowLinkDefault\":true, \"expand_prompt\":\"Read more\", \"collapse_prompt\":\"Read less\"}'\u003e\u003ci class=\"a-icon a-icon-extender-expand\"\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-expander-prompt\"\u003eRead more\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50548218757405,"sku":"9780525433729","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0901\/5692\/5213\/files\/9780525433729.jpg?v=1761676105","url":"https:\/\/bookdelico.com\/products\/east-west-street-on-the-origins-of-genocide-and-crimes-against-humanity","provider":"Book Delico ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}