Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    Lies That Matter: A federal prosecutor and child of Holocaust survivors, tasked with stripping US citizenship from aged Nazi collaborators, finds himself caught in the middle
    Lies That Matter: A federal prosecutor and child of Holocaust survivors, tasked with stripping US citizenship from aged Nazi collaborators, finds himself caught in the middle
    Lies That Matter: A federal prosecutor and child of Holocaust survivors, tasked with stripping US citizenship from aged Nazi collaborators, finds himself caught in the middle
    Ebook286 pages4 hours

    Lies That Matter: A federal prosecutor and child of Holocaust survivors, tasked with stripping US citizenship from aged Nazi collaborators, finds himself caught in the middle

    By Allan Gerson and Wolf Blitzer

    ()

    Read preview

    About this ebook

    The true story of a DOJ prosecutor’s complicated quest to deport Nazis: “The lessons that Mr. Gerson learns, and shares, could not be more timely.” —Seth Waxman, former US Solicitor General

    As the son of Holocaust survivors, federal prosecutor Allan Gerson thought his professional assignment to investigate and deport those who persecuted his family and others like them would make his parents proud. But their reaction was not what he expected. This is his memoir of the experience—and the complex emotions and questions it provoked.

    “It takes a young attorney whose Holocaust survivor parents and uncle had to lie in order to gain admittance into the U.S. to recognize the double-edged dangers of pursuing aging Nazi functionaries with the blunt instruments of American immigration law. Can the same laws be turned against his parents and other Jews like them? Allan Gerson tells the gripping story of his two years at the Department of Justice office charged with investigating and deporting aging Nazis living quietly in our midst. His interrogation of suspected perpetrators forces him to uncover secrets of his family and other anguished victims that he never wanted to know . . . This narrative reads like a bildungsroman, a coming of age story of a lawyer who went on to seek American legal remedies for historic crimes and injustices committed elsewhere.” —Samuel Norich, President, The Forward
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOpen Road Integrated Media
    Release dateMay 4, 2021
    ISBN9781955835121
    Lies That Matter: A federal prosecutor and child of Holocaust survivors, tasked with stripping US citizenship from aged Nazi collaborators, finds himself caught in the middle
    Author

    Allan Gerson

    Allan Gerson is currently Research Professor of International Relations at George Washington University. An authority on international law, he earned his doctorate at Yale University and has lectured and published widely in the field. During the Reagan administration, he served as counsel to United Nations ambassadors Jeane Kirkpatrick and Vernon Walters, and also held senior positions at the U.S. Department of Justice. Most recently, he served as Senior Fellow for International Law and Organizations at the Council on Foreign Relations.

    Read more from Allan Gerson

    Related to Lies That Matter

    Related ebooks

    Biography & Memoir For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    Related categories

    Reviews for Lies That Matter

    0 ratings

    0 ratings0 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words

      Book preview

      Lies That Matter - Allan Gerson

      dbook_preview_excerpt.html\ێFrO@he`v a4I-XyZoYdV1$b]*=?G%>'"2ɪn0 hȼDĉz7W|\P}|󝛪B힜mĂw{m |Sy ܌Nanw;W݌Y!̘T^|Is}4s_z9> 6[si\_|=\1Qf}K  ߰s ;[KJ!|C8Pup 1fUbXYbJ'V\}~UxZkO [c'Lphcq=\~1TL5 |jcպJK]{#Ņ{,ݳPAN$2>'k|?ȯPX0wj=4︔X|f \p*.٬hă2 j{nuuavÌq_'G *!Vq`Ia%nڻ Hw~0',%:yGSZo O=g}l4'Є? swUл>NOXrB<7bNNq,z#V=t o޽>~F؏GY]{4| _**sL>-,-=a8|MAqn]C\-τWt{oorx0jù눭s :EP0ϝ,A.Ѻe䞪hCig;E[} cdv ۾v>9VX,5U屈5:N|&Q+O%6t" M Z?FBSQ©&UL`[GyIY.NM g  $~,[Ā؉vի盽il>'`1K ^R!l7vI8ñ(Q ajDq@<p8Cj_!K &?Rt#}_b|<8ϖgZϳ exT؟m;ǑDӠ{Р"z!xI{~hD-f覙B.+M67+;R,GD (@cG8IDQGD=U8z?^p4%<c3wˉxvh |;I|NXlBZ!Uvw;]6LC\vcnvH\"#M^Yu劐TgU=UC xuH5R0vVϊls mn]@#`fHANVZr 9UDUU$ }crf#́)Hē,fb}!+_ tH>#}@x{~fURqPik^+&.q t>,D|SgEqW=Rl$2&Ղu3|q8Ҧ ל\)'QNp99VB4w?d PM0 )11Df> Sx)`xZhdU Cv0 rm?a<^$%JPo7B1;3Mp<3*3&aX,τ;t@X 0)D~,p,_$'!r27U9#x%UwABˌЯǒ|%9 DWt"Lğ~㠶5&qmяa缦!gz@oCa@wŽ!JgpT`S%:(Z@ެp7{V)ތHqNP>QCputłEVf yr8p4ZHQ6d:QJ< l㵨Fng3 5] ͂cL݁&fsS#$/l5sG5idTP4 *nq*Ebi'1-:dfˌJB2iHU{5XAtvOuFuf78U''e%]~S]K\HD(f@iʉ 7LiȅX!87m7 *a$\UL)Я?!F dfuEBP`sIk7 bMő9ɷ4Ad>cQRYw:Kҩ5VݐI,a3L@oBDYν"]TeM)*D~՜, I6 G&q;JȤ2WeI7c^@ Doec-.<ϪF^Ѕ`bClzёpnʀE8-M^bnsMxغ#Ԛ9ߐ V(8p|֤ )nH{jQC\-K'#qh'{\3iYޟϞU=1  -|GtLbS{|ei%.U HLM֨ -G/ O0<ᛈ1nxD!ujI{nh3h1E a  i;IpLzD;-IOqAP*N+qJU/È<&@t<# A]5%Ӝ !!L7DlA@Oױ:B1dGs6rh0hӫv>K6E&-@/t6_Rj7B!tN \P)2yy=pj:_g (4i5^b#| QctI8&ݝH34x0ڋ ;mXpr\` 'AQb&le2k'.)d2B,&aik!JH."Qmuᕱ:%85gRkxwtG^[/c"W6邾GAJxO|ӐaD c,tF9!`&XFpIN\U\ (kGu# *3'$(v7dcZ (bԄ[%+ .%2Dz &E4mi pWU0 bdVn F]#roBͿ~gLCCvB@K{9!SS є g93`lEw~v̍FV Y P2k )Ŀ%E(MԌ(\V|iG1?ښ.3R?J0E~i!Reh'Q8H: !G--5{.=$˻ք=[Fp xq< 'eAel}טtswFfB{I%eI.a-9 q^zņZnrYJ:D~BE8m Έ]e틖(\SbY6;V0C' uwY?-J!\ˑNl&&{XQ2<V_06X7o'6 *!6جԴ$,gx#ME8| pSЪm=]g]A#@$MdfҢv71qT9"ynWI(cAnApETbNߒzdM },0KoH M-HXȼ ~=EY&GufF' c:qLS qzX!S`mLQs jL҂#s Bq.*,3N3c =E) wpБMseܯ$+-aAhżOSZm:ER>xS6' ךSV\~wAH (I_ig ǴHlT5V 躿Pw*8b\F'#/ݍtrU˗4[Μ|3ekp>*rY('䙗 - [-C)\ٶOl֐{7\Ȥ D~1|ξKyXH_x+(a5pHZ\(!#qM+ݦR~_,YBܭJWHzcBZfd/]E*}sHGo}eJps dֳItc5*+ e?QhEҽؔϥx,7!vw護(NX ; h^3%ݨJ:)GXa~d.g*QK;+_#- 98Ñ|Y < i;\J&2J u|yd sm "JDǦޟfa `=~r=HKz;˸$[_Ua=65Y f O2@-KIbi&ŵV>.rgX:(“箮 ^۩98^֐"i/h0@ M&KB6d-" x9BPf_$كX',i5ٚ}UsEOp'ː/DÀIԎ #v=E) ^`,d6dt1$7@3fz+BOҹ9fMårS MI|g4&E/E/fB٨tVh]VPY> Y;C.H6!6E8 PmH<*8Mi:-@UNR QƦWqkE `%K"#މf*ޕHA/wp)gfAԀff J'кݣż_~}9ӁR#X;jsbX8z" '~ z;k`sƝB Ad@sVIrvIs#fR[i=k!=OEh}YkfXE,2:j,l1ijiytL/fjQvr-[y"|׽O" BجN{acdzIK96Op!mZޢX̚VN@ 6(r&Ћ36 j X>e!79ު]mB G^c0.7MO!+(ᗃLې, ᆁy) "1~R"]T Cp0n"ܘV%R^T|> 6fhx3k=^CJsDUrjB,aH҄#k (`rbM16WY2in͕Kje Yv+5i%@5H '5} !pdbU#v?ĭ3WZ<洩*|)TNK_q%ߔE:u,ȝ>G n V])Q7 /bKt.t(b3)l[A50kKbZ|I)h7Rf-irxD^z,8/YqD4|aHؾ2{S
      Enjoying the preview?
      Page 1 of 1