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The August Trials: The Holocaust and Postwar Justice in Poland is a book by Andrew Kornbluth, published in 2021 by Harvard University Press. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

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References

  1. Frydel, Tomasz. "The August Trials: The Holocaust and Postwar Justice in Poland." The Australian Journal of Jewish Studies, vol. 34, annual 2021, pp. 262+. Gale Academic OneFile, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A689992919/AONE?u=anon~8ee059d&sid=googleScholar&xid=ab942d61. Accessed 26 May 2023.
  2. Zessin-Jurek, Lidia (2022). "The August Trials: The Holocaust and Postwar Justice in Poland". The Polish Review. 67 (4): 158–161. doi:10.5406/23300841.67.4.23. S2CID   253653472.
  3. Finder, Gabriel N. (2022). "The August Trials: The Holocaust and Postwar Justice in Poland By Andrew Kornbluth. Cambridge, MA and London: Harvard University Press, 2021. Pp. 352. Cloth $45.00. ISBN 978-0674249134". Central European History. 55 (3): 463–464. doi:10.1017/S0008938922000759. S2CID   253213921.
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  5. Epstein, Catherine (2021). "Andrew Kornbluth, The August Trials: The Holocaust and Postwar Justice in Poland". Canadian Journal of History. 56 (3): 418–420. doi:10.3138/cjh.56-3-br09. S2CID   245106941.
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  8. Petrović, Vladimir (2022). "Transitional Justice Incubator: Bridging European Fault Lines". Contemporary European History: 1–11. doi:10.1017/S0960777322000297. ISSN   0960-7773.

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