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The Right Wrong Man
John Demjanjuk and the Last Great Nazi War Crimes Trial
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In 2009, Harper's Magazine sent war-crimes expert Lawrence Douglas to Munich to cover the last chapter of the lengthiest case ever to arise from the Holocaust: the trial of eighty-nine-year-old John Demjanjuk. Demjanjuk's legal odyssey began in 1975, when American investigators received evidence alleging that the Cleveland autoworker and naturalize
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In 2009, Harper's Magazine sent war-crimes expert Lawrence Douglas to Munich to cover the last chapter of the lengthiest case ever to arise from the Holocaust: the trial of eighty-nine-year-old John Demjanjuk.
Demjanjuk's legal odyssey began in 1975, when American investigators received evidence alleging that the Cleveland autoworker and naturalised US citizen had collaborated in Nazi genocide. In the years that followed, Demjanjuk was twice stripped of his American citizenship and sentenced to death by a Jerusalem court as "Ivan the Terrible" of Treblinka—only to be cleared in one of the most notorious cases of mistaken identity in legal history.
Finally, in 2011, after eighteen months of trial, a court in Munich convicted the native Ukrainian of assisting Hitler's SS in the murder of 28,060 Jews at Sobibor, a death camp in eastern Poland.
An award-winning novelist as well as legal scholar, Douglas offers a compulsively readable history of Demjanjuk's bizarre case. The Right Wrong Man is both a gripping eyewitness account of the last major Holocaust trial to galvanise world attention and a vital meditation on the law's effort to bring legal closure to the most horrific chapter in modern history.
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The Right Wrong Man by Lawrence Douglas is highly praised for its authoritative and clear account of the complex legal processes surrounding John Demjanjuk's trials. Reviewers commend Douglas for his ability to transform intricate legal disquisitions into engaging narrative elements, likening the book to a thriller. It is noted for its meticulous analysis of legal and moral dilemmas concerning genocidal crimes, offering valuable insights into the evolution of German law post-Nuremberg. The book is recognised as both a significant historical account and a compelling read, appreciated for its depth of understanding and narrative style.
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ISBN: 9780691178257
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 08 January 2018
Country: United States
Imprint: Princeton University Press
Illustration: 38 halftones.
Audience: Professional and scholarly
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Width: 152.0mm
Height: 235.0mm
Weight: 454g
Pages: 352
About the Author
Lawrence Douglas is the James J. Grosfeld Professor of Law, Jurisprudence, and Social Thought at Amherst College. His books include The Memory of Judgment: Making Law and History in the Trials of the Holocaust and The Vices. His work has appeared in leading publications such as the New Yorker, the Times Literary Supplement, and Harper's. He lives in Sunderland, Massachusetts.
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