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The Prosecutor

03/02/2025
60 min
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Against a nation determined to bury its Nazi past, Fritz Bauer fought for justice. A gay German-Jewish lawyer, he secretly tipped off Mossad as to the whereabouts of Adolf Eichmann. More remarkably, he fought Germany’s legal establishment in his determination to put those responsible for Auschwitz on trial. Jack Fairweather, Costa-prize winning author of The Volunteer, discusses the extraordinary true story with Philip Rubenstein, drawing on unpublished papers, newly declassified records, and exclusive interviews.

An event from Jewish Book Week 2025.

About the speakers

Philip Rubenstein

Philip Rubenstein was director of the Parliamentary War Crimes Group, which campaigned to bring to justice Nazi war criminals living in the UK, and founder-director of the Holocaust Educational Trust. Today he works with family businesses. He also lectures on history, politics and film.
Jack Fairweather

Jack Fairweather is an award-winning and bestselling British writer and former war reporter. His last book The Volunteer won the Costa Book Prize and was a #1 Sunday Times bestseller, translated into twenty-six languages, hailed as a modern classic and compared to Schindler’s List. Jack now divides his time between Vermont and the UK. Image © Barney Jones

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The Prosecutor

03/02/2025
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60 min

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Philip Rubenstein

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Philip Rubenstein was director of the Parliamentary War Crimes Group, which campaigned to bring to justice Nazi war criminals living in the UK, and...

Jack Fairweather

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Jack Fairweather is an award-winning and bestselling British writer and former war reporter. His last book The Volunteer won the Costa Book Prize and...