Literatur am Ring: Book presentation by Philippe Sands “38 Londres Street. On Impunity, Pinochet in England and a Nazi in Patagonia.“

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Following "Return to Lemberg" and "The Rat Line", the renowned British human rights lawyer and author Philippe Sands has dedicated his new book to the Pinochet dictatorship in Chile. An integral figure in "38 Londres Street: On Impunity, Pinochet in England, and a Nazi in Patagonia" is Pinochet's henchman Walther Rauff. As a high-ranking Nazi, he was responsible for the gas vans used to murder thousands of Jews. Having fled to Chile via the ‘rat line’ in 1949, he advised Pinochet as part of the feared secret service DINA on the construction of smaller concentration camps, and Rauff also worked as an agent for the West German secret service (BND).

The author, Philippe Sands, was confronted with Pinochet himself in 1998. After Pinochet's arrest in London, he was supposed to provide him with legal advice, but took part in the prosecution against the dictator and came across Walther Rauff in his research. Through meticulous research, in his latest work Sands provides an exciting, multi-layered and personalised picture of the actors and the unjust regimes in which they were able to operate.

Opening remarks

Harald Dossi
Secretary General of the Parliament

represented by:
Susanne Janistyn-Novák
Deputy Secretary General of the Parliament

Reading and discussion

Philippe Sands
Author, Practising Barrister and Professor of Law

Marie-Theres Arnbom
Historian, Author and Cultural Manager

Presenter

Marie-Theres Arnbom
Historian, Author and Cultural Manager

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Literatur am Ring: Book presentation by Philippe Sands “38 Londres Street. On Impunity, Pinochet in England and a Nazi in Patagonia.“

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Programme

Opening remarks

Reading and discussion

Q&A-Session

Reception

Presenter

Literature by Philippe Sands in the Parliamentary Library

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