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As governor of Galicia, SS Brigadesführer Otto Freiherr von Wächter presided over an authority on whose territory hundreds of thousands of Jews and Poles were killed. By the time the war ended in May 1945, he was indicted for 'mass murder'. He spent three years hiding in the Alps before making his way to Rome and being taken in by the Vatican where he remained for three months. While preparing to travel to Argentina on the 'ratline' he died unexpectedly, in July 1949, a few days after having lunch with an 'old comrade' whom he suspected of having been recruited by the Americans.

WINNER OF THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 'A monumental achievement: profoundly personal, told with love, anger and great precision' - John le Carré 'A triumph of astonishing research ... No novel could possibly match such an important work of truth' - Antony Beevor 'Magnificent ... I...

In 38 Londres Street, Philippe Sands blends personal memoir, historical detective work and gripping courtroom drama to probe a secret double story of mass murder, one that reveals a shocking thread that links the horrors of the 1940s with those of our own times. The house at 38 Londres Street is...

In the 1960s, its colonial instinct ignited once more: a secret decision was taken to offer the US a base at Diego Garcia, one of the islands of the Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean, create a new colony (the 'British Indian Ocean Territory') and deport the entire local population. One of those inhabitants was Liseby Elysé, 20 years old, newly married, expecting her first child. One suitcase, no pets, the British ordered, expelling her from the only home she had ever known.

In this intimate legal and historical detective story, the world-renowned lawyer and acclaimed author of East West Street traces the footsteps of two of the twentieth century’s most merciless criminals—accused of genocide and crimes against humanity—testing the limits of immunity and...

WITH A FOREWORD BY PHILIPPE SANDS AND AN INTRODUCTION BY ANDREY KURKOV 'If you read only one book about the war, this is the one to read.' -Henry Marsh, author of Do No Harm 'Unforgettable. An immediate history of a cruel war and a personal chronicle of unbearable loss' -Simon Sebag-Montefiore...

Audible exclusive. Philippe Sands drops by to discuss East West Street, a historical memoir crossing decades.

A tale of Nazi lives, mass murder, love, Cold War espionage, a mysterious death in the Vatican, and the Nazi escape route to Perón's Argentina,"the Ratline"—from the author of the internationally acclaimed, award-winning East West Street. "Hypnotic, shocking, and unputdownable." —John le...

Dans la soirée du 16 octobre 1998, le dictateur chilien Augusto Pinochet est arrêté dans une clinique de Londres. Après un règne brutal marqué par des assassinats, des disparitions et des tortures dans le centre de détention et d'interrogatoire situé au « 38, rue de Londres », à Santiago, il est inculpé de crimes de génocide, de tortures, de terrorisme international et d'enlèvements. Il sera empêché de retourner au Chili pendant plus d'un an, en attendant l'aboutissement de la bataille juridique internationale autour de son cas.

De zoektocht naar de waarheid achter de vlucht en mysterieuze dood van een naziofficier. Otto Wächter was tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog verantwoordelijk voor de dood van honderdduizenden Joden en Polen. Vijfenzeventig jaar later is zijn zoon Horst nog altijd overtuigd van zijn onschuld. Aan het einde van de oorlog werd Otto Wächter beschuldigd van massamoord. Achternagezeten door de Sovjets, de Amerikanen en de Britten sloeg hij op de vlucht. Drie jaar lang verschool hij zich in de Oostenrijkse Alpen, waarna hij zich naar Rome begaf en met steun van het Vaticaan kon onderduiken.

Da juristen Philippe Sands får en indbydelse til at forelæse i Lviv i Ukraine, åbnes en ukendt dør til hans families historie. Med udgangspunkt i morfarens flugt for nazisterne begynder han en undersøgelse, som fører læseren til Lemberg før 2. verdenskrig, til forbryderprocessen i Nürnberg efter krigen og op til nutiden.