Hunting the Truth: Memoirs of Beate and Serge Klarsfeld Contributor(s): Klarsfeld, Beate (Author), Klarsfeld, Serge (Author), Taylor, Sam (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0374538174 ISBN-13: 9780374538170 Publisher: Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3pl OUR PRICE: $19.80 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2019 |
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BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Historical - History | Holocaust - Biography & Autobiography | Social Activists |
Dewey: 940.531 |
Physical Information: 1.2" H x 6" W x 8.9" (1.55 lbs) 472 pages |
Themes: - Topical - Holocaust - Ethnic Orientation - Jewish |
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Publisher Description: 2018 NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD BOOK OF THE YEAR |
Contributor Bio(s): Klarsfeld, Serge: - Beate and Serge Klarsfeld are French activists, journalists, and renowned Nazi hunters whose work apprehending war criminals, seeking justice for victims and survivors of war crimes, and establishing the record of the Holocaust have brought them international recognition. Serge, born in 1935 in Romania, and Beate, born in 1939 in Germany, assisted in the capture of numerous Nazi perpetrators, including SS official Kurt Lischka, Gestapo captain Klaus Barbie, and Paris police chief Maurice Papon. The recipients of France's Legion of Honour and Germany's Federal Order of Merit, both nations' highest honors for civilians, they were named UNESCO ambassadors of genocide prevention by the United Nations in 2015.Taylor, Sam: - Sam Taylor has written for The Guardian, Financial Times, Vogue and Esquire, and has translated such works as the award-winning HHhH by Laurent Binet, and the internationally-bestselling The Truth about the Harry Quebert Affair by Joël Dicker.Klarsfeld, Beate: - Beate and Serge Klarsfeld are French activists, journalists, and renowned Nazi hunters whose work apprehending war criminals, seeking justice for victims and survivors of war crimes, and establishing the record of the Holocaust have brought them international recognition. Serge, born in 1935 in Romania, and Beate, born in 1939 in Germany, assisted in the capture of numerous Nazi perpetrators, including SS official Kurt Lischka, Gestapo captain Klaus Barbie, and Paris police chief Maurice Papon. The recipients of France's Legion of Honour and Germany's Federal Order of Merit, both nations' highest honors for civilians, they were named UNESCO ambassadors of genocide prevention by the United Nations in 2015. |