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The controversial 1991 War Crimes Act gave new powers to courts to
try non-British citizens resident in the UK for war crimes
committed during WWII. But in spite of the extensive investigative
and legal work that followed, and the expense of some £11 million,
it led to just one conviction: that in 1999 of Anthony (Andrzej)
Sawoniuk. Drawing on previously unavailable archival documents,
transcripts of interviews with suspects, and disclosures by senior
lawyers and policer offers in the War Crimes Units (WCUs), in
parallel with the history of bungled investigations in the 1940s,
Safe Haven considers for the first time why and how convictions
failed to follow investigations. Within the broader context of war
crimes investigations in the United States, Germany, and Australia,
the authors reassess the legal and investigative processes and
decisions that stymied inquiries, from the War Crimes Act itself to
the restrictive criteria applied to it. Taken together, the authors
argue that these — including the interpretations of who could and
should be prosecuted and decisions about the nature and amount of
evidence needed for trial — meant that many Nazi collaborators
escaped justice and never appeared in a criminal court. The authors
situate this history within the legacy of the Holocaust: how, if at
all, do the belated attempts to address a failure of justice sit
with an ever-growing awareness of the Holocaust, represented by
memorialization and education? In so doing, Safe Haven provokes a
timely reconsideration of the relationship between law, history,
and truth.
J. Robert Sherwood (1904- 1987), former president and CEO of the
Suburban Trust Company, addressed the Newcomen Society in Baltimore
in 1961.
If you are self-employed and work from home, in direct selling,
providing therapies or services, in consultancy, fashion and the
arts, sports training, or even small manufacturing, then this book
is for you. No matter what your business, you need to keep records,
books of accounts, and complete annual returns. This book will help
you when you are setting up your business, and to maintain a system
of records which will: keep track of financial accounts; provide
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knowing that all accounting functions are in place.
The Cartography of Alexander von Humboldt: Images of the
Enlightenment in America offers a cartographic perspective of
Alexander von Humboldt's journey to the Americas, 1799-1804.
Presented in the context of the European Enlightenment, this study
includes Humboldt's romanticized view of the natural world that was
an essential part of his science and philosophy. It interprets
Humboldt's maps and images as part of a transatlantic exchange,
incorporating the theme of old Europe and the New World found
throughout his work. Humboldt effectively used images in the
presentation of his ideas, a concept that has been adopted
throughout this study. When combined with text, images permit a
closer reading of the subject matter than text alone. Just as the
vivid and dramatic paintings of David and Goya provide clarity to
the philosophical writing of the age, Humboldt's maps and
illustrations serve as visual images of the Enlightenment in early
nineteenth-century America.
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