East West Street: On the Origins of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity with Philippe Sands
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- 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.
Recorded on 02/28/2018. [3/2018] [Show ID: 32847]
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Brilliant and abundant of hard work
Wonderful book. I'm amazed how historical outside events far away become and shape our Lives Thank you.
Excellent lecture! How incredibly fascinating the synchronicies, living on the same street, parallel lives each remaining unknown to each other! Definitely a must read! Thank-you!💞🕊😇
Great conference. But why Sands didn't mention zionism and Israeli apartheid as an example at the end?
Not only does Sands go on and on about his personal misconceptions those of others, he fails to address obvious and deeply concerning connections between the events at Nuremberg and ongoing genocide and crimes against humanity. He repeats benign details, such as the number of the courtroom and its relative location, while ignoring others that are of much greater significance and interest to the audience.
Why no mention of the Gulags or Japan's war in China or Mao? Why no mention of crimes against humanity and genocide (other than a very poor summary of the holocaust) that no doubt informed the Nuremberg trials and origins of "genocide" and "crimes against humanity"?
Sands strikes me as sincere, well grounded, and a great researcher. That being said, this lecture was so abysmal that I really think that it reflects very poorly on him and UCTV. It reminds me a bit of Ken Burns "Jazz" documentary, taking thin & biased biographical information and extrapolating that out to paint a picture that bears no resemblance to the reality it is based upon.
I don’t agree, he has the right to personalise the themes of Crimes Against Humanity and Genocide through the stories of his and other families. What I do think, and I haven’t heard him refer to it here or in other talks he’s given, is the case of the modern state of Israel which has systematically eliminated Palestinians since 1948 through the elimination of whole villages and towns, the mass surveillance and documenting of a whole racial group, the ongoing seizure of land from this group in the the occupied territories, imprisonment without trail and creating a huge refugee population, etc etc. He lists a number of countries considered to have committed CAH and Genocide - and his constancy in not referring to the modern state of Israel is, in my opinion, significant.
He is talking about his book based on his personal loss as well his own identity and the protection of law