{"product_id":"the-right-wrong-man-john-demjanjuk-and-the-last-great-nazi-war-crimes-trial-paperback","title":"The Right Wrong Man: John Demjanjuk and the Last Great Nazi War Crimes Trial - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLawrence Douglas\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNow the subject of the Netflix documentary \u003ci\u003eThe Devil Next Door\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe incredible story of the most convoluted legal odyssey involving Nazi war crimes \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 2009, \u003ci\u003eHarper's Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e 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 naturalized US citizen had collaborated in Nazi genocide. In the years that followed, Demjanjuk was 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn award-winning novelist as well as legal scholar, Douglas offers a compulsively readable history of Demjanjuk's bizarre case. \u003ci\u003eThe Right Wrong Man\u003c\/i\u003e is both a gripping eyewitness account of the last major Holocaust trial to galvanize world attention and a vital meditation on the law's effort to bring legal closure to the most horrific chapter in modern history.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A remarkable and important work that lays bare the limits of the justice system for the greatest crimes. Lawrence Douglas has woven out of the trials of John Demjanjuk a book that is utterly gripping and finely crafted, one that offers insights that are profound, troublesome, and enlightening.\"\u003cb\u003e--Philippe Sands, University College London\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In this insightful and gracefully written book, Douglas elevates the Demjanjuk case from a legal curiosity--one involving an initially mistaken prosecution followed by a later valid one--to a study in the uses and limits of the law when it confronts genocide.\"\u003cb\u003e--Michael B. Mukasey, former US attorney general\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A marvelous book and a gripping read, \u003ci\u003eThe Right Wrong Man\u003c\/i\u003e dissects one of the most bizarre episodes in the adjudication of the Holocaust. It is reminiscent of, but superior to, Hannah Arendt's \u003ci\u003eEichmann in Jerusalem\u003c\/i\u003e. Like Arendt, Douglas studied his subject from up close, from inside the courtroom. Combining eloquent reporting with trenchant analysis, he has produced a rare thing indeed--a learned page-turner.\"\u003cb\u003e--Jens Meierhenrich, London School of Economics\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In this pathbreaking book, Lawrence Douglas reflects on how jurists in the Demjanjuk trial grappled with challenges of the passage of time, the infirmity of the accused, the hierarchy of perpetrators, inherited legal institutions, and different legal traditions. This is an essential work for understanding judicial reckoning with mass atrocity in our time.\"\u003cb\u003e--Michael R. Marrus, professor emeritus, University of Toronto\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Right Wrong Man\u003c\/i\u003e is powerful, richly observed, and darkly entertaining. Anyone interested in postwar history will want to read it.\"\u003cb\u003e--Elizabeth Kolbert, staff writer with the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Lawrence Douglas has once again provided us with a history-laden and provocative analysis of Holocaust trials. His riveting study of the Demjanjuk saga is of importance, not just to historians and jurists, but to all those who wonder how can justice ever prevail when the crime being adjudicated is genocide.\"\u003cb\u003e--Deborah E. Lipstadt, Emory University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A wonderfully lucid book about the bizarre and fascinating case of John Demjanjuk, the only American to lose his citizenship twice, and about the much larger issues of law and morality that arise when individuals are held to account for crimes committed by the state.\"\u003cb\u003e--Scott Turow, author of \u003ci\u003eIdentical\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In this excellent book, Lawrence Douglas, a thoughtful student of legal attempts to punish atrocities committed in wartime, uncovers the strange case of the non-German who, impressed into serving as a Nazi concentration camp guard, was, many years later, repeatedly tried as a war criminal and ultimately convicted.\"\u003cb\u003e--Richard A. Posner, US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Impeccably researched, imaginatively crafted, and beautifully written, \u003ci\u003eThe Right Wrong Man\u003c\/i\u003e is a brilliant analysis of the longest, most complex and confusing, and most controversial series of legal measures ever initiated against any Holocaust perpetrator--John Demjanjuk. The story of the three decades of litigation required to convict him is told here as only Lawrence Douglas can tell it.\"\u003cb\u003e--Charles W. Sydnor Jr., Virginia Holocaust Museum\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Right Wrong Man\u003c\/i\u003e is a fascinating exploration of what kind of justice the bit players in history's greatest crimes deserve. With the authority of an academic and the eye of a novelist, Lawrence Douglas sheds bright new light on the perplexing case of John Demjanjuk, a small cog in the Nazis' genocidal machine. Although Demjanjuk was not 'Ivan the Terrible, ' as originally accused, Douglas argues that in the end he was Ivan-the-terrible-enough to have been properly convicted.\"\u003cb\u003e--Jane Mayer, staff writer with the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This book cements Douglas's reputation as our leading guide to thinking about the difficult moral, political, and legal issues surrounding the postwar Nazi trials. \u003ci\u003eThe Right Wrong Man\u003c\/i\u003e is brilliant, ambitious, and wide ranging.\"\u003cb\u003e--Devin O. Pendas, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Frankfurt Auschwitz Trial, 1963-1965\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Douglas has produced an excellent account of the Demjanjuk case--or rather cases. His beautifully written book is the definitive work on the subject.\"\u003cb\u003e--William Schabas, author of \u003ci\u003eUnimaginable Atrocities: Justice, Politics, and Rights at the War Crimes Tribunals\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLawrence 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.8 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 08, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54113314701587,"sku":"9780691178257","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0965\/6300\/3667\/files\/ZjFiZmpnTlRoVFdzWEE1YmxXeERjdz09.webp?v=1777959978","url":"https:\/\/finduslaw.com\/products\/the-right-wrong-man-john-demjanjuk-and-the-last-great-nazi-war-crimes-trial-paperback","provider":"FindUSlaw Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}