Book "Wines, punishment, politics. Settlements with the crimes of the Second World War" - Andrzej Paczkowski, Paweł Machcewicz

The bloodiest conflict in history and its long shadow. Is justice after war even possible?

Exterminated in death camps, starved in ghettos, killed during ethnic cleansing, shot in public and secret executions, burned alive in their own homes, basements and barns, incinerated during bombings.

The catalog of World War II crimes seems endless. How many victims are there? We can't even count it! Tens of millions. Most of them are civilians. Those who survived come out of the conflict not with scars, but with open wounds. Before they can heal, justice is needed, or at least retaliation and revenge. For unprecedented is not only the number of victims, but also the perpetrators. Will it be possible to punish even ten percent of them? How many must be brought to justice, how many must be executed for justice to be done?

Prominent historians Andrzej Paczkowski and Pawel Machcewicz ask how the world has dealt with the settlements. And was it sure that those who deserved it most were punished? Did guilt meet with just punishment? Well, and what does politics have to do with all this.

The book in Polish version.

Technical data
Author: Andrzej Paczkowski, Paweł Machcewicz
Year of publication: 2021
Cover: softbound
Format: 16 x 22,5 cm
Number of pages: 640
Publisher: Znak Literanova Publishing House