Thomas Buergenthal: "A Lucky Child" (Little Brown)

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Thomas Buergenthal: "A Lucky Child" (Little Brown)

A world court judge describes the remarkable luck that allowed him to survive as a child in Nazi concentration camps and how his experiences during the Holocaust shaped his lifelong commitment to universal human rights

A world court judge describes the remarkable luck that allowed him to survive as a child in Nazi concentration camps and how his experiences during the Holocaust shaped his lifelong commitment to universal human rights

Guests

Thomas Buergenthal

is Professor Emeritus of Comparative Law and Jurisprudence, and is currently the American judge at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands.

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