Sarah Federman

Broschiertes Buch

Last Train to Auschwitz

The French National Railways and the Journey to Accountability

Beschreibung

In the immediate decades after World War II, the French National Railways (SNCF) was celebrated for its acts of wartime heroism. However, recent debates and litigation have revealed the ways the SNCF worked as an accomplice to the Third Reich and was actively complicit in the deportation of 75,000 Jews and other civilians to death camps. Sarah Federman delves into the interconnected roles-perpetrator, victim, and hero-the company took on during the harrowing years of the Holocaust. Grounded in history and case law, Last Train to Auschwitz traces the SNCF's journey toward accountability in France and the United States, culminating in a multimillion-dollar settlement paid by the French government on behalf of the railways.The poignant and informative testimonies of survivors illuminate the long-term effects of the railroad's impact on individuals, leading the company to make overdue amends. In a time when corporations are increasingly granted the same rights as people, Federman's detailed account demonstrates the obligations businesses have to atone for aiding and abetting governments in committing atrocities. This volume highlights the necessity of corporate integrity and will be essential reading for those called to engage in the difficult work of responding to past harms.

Autor

Sarah Federman is Presidential Scholar at George Mason University USA, the School of Conflict Analysis and Resolution. Her studies in Intellectual History helped prepare her for the genealogical positioning of this book. Her contribution to the learning design of this project is based on over twenty-years work as a freelance writer for Bedford/St. Martin's writing the instructors manuals to their best-selling writing anthology textbooks for college studies (Language Awareness, Models for Writers, and Subject & Strategies). As the school's Presidential Scholar, Dr. Federman studied under Dr. Cobb as well as anthropologists, political scientists, sociologists and others. Her practical experience in conflict resolution comes from her decade-long career as a global advertising executive building and maintaining profitable business partnerships with businesses in Spain, UEA, France, South Africa, China as well as the United States and Canada. She also has an avid interest in the role of language in conflict. Her blog www.languageofconflict.com considers the role of language across a variety of personal and international contexts.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Wisconsin Press
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Juni 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 477g
• ISBN-13: 9780299331740
• ISBN-10: 0299331741
• Artikelnr.: 63403513