Come to this court and cry
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To probe the past is to submit the memory of one’s ancestors to a certain kind of trial. In this case, the trial came to me. A few years ago Linda Kinstler discovered that a man fifty years dead – a former Nazi who belonged to the same killing unit as her grandfather – was the subject of an ongoing criminal investigation in Latvia. The proceedings threatened to pardon his crimes. They put on the line hard-won facts about the Holocaust at the precise moment that the last living survivors – the last legal witnesses – were dying. Across the world, Second World War-era cases are winding their way through the courts. Survivors have been telling their stories for the better part of a century, and still judges ask for proof. Where do these stories end? What responsibilities attend their transmission, so many generations on?
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A TABLET AND WALL STREET JOURNAL BOOK OF THE YEAR
Shortlisted for the Wingate Literary Prize
‘A tremendous feat of storytelling, propelled by numerous twists and revelations, yet anchored by a deep moral seriousness . . . Enthralling’ Guardian
Across the world the last Nazi trials are winding their way through the courts. Nearly a century on from the Holocaust, survivors are still asked to give proof – and, in an era of rising revisionism and denialism, have their stories questioned. In this spellbinding debut, Linda Kinstler investigates both her family story and the archives of ten nations to ask: what does it take to prove history in our uncertain century?
‘Reminds us of the dangerous instability of truth and testimony’ Anne Applebaum
‘Such a brilliant book – I couldn’t put it down‘ Lea Ypi, author of Free
‘Outstanding’ Philippe Sands, author of East West Street
‘Astonishing’ Patrick Radden Keefe, author of Empire of Pain
Additional information
| Weight | 0.242 kg |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 19.8 × 12.8 × 2.4 cm |
| Book_author | Kinstler, Linda |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury |
| Cover | Paperback |
| Pages | 320 |
| Language | English |
| Dewey | 940.5318 (edition:23) |
| Readership | General – Trade / Code: K |
