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Talk: Auschwitz Medical Crimes on Trial in London: The Wladyslaw Dering vs. Leon Uris Libel Trial

Part of The Wiener Library's Science + Suffering event series.

In this talk, Dr Aleksandra Loewenau will explore how the Dering v. Uris libel trial drew the attention of the British public to wartime atrocities, by placing those proceedings within an international context of post-war court trials.

In 1962, Dr. Wladyslaw Alexander Dering, a naturalized British citizen, former prisoner of Auschwitz and recipient of the Order of the British Empire, sued American novelist Leon Uris for l
6:30pm - 8pm
Free admission; registration via The Wiener Library essential.
The Wiener Library, 29 Russell Square, London WC1B 5DP
Mon 18 Sep 2017
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