"A ... personal detective story, an uncovering of secret pasts, and a book that explores the creation and development of world-changing legal concepts that came about as a result of the unprecedented atrocities of Hitler's Third Reich"--Dust jacket flap.

"This is a Borzoi book published by Alfred A. Knopf." --- Title page verso. Maps on lining papers.

Prologue:An invitation -- Leon -- Lauterpacht -- Miss Tilney of Norwich -- Lemkin -- The man in a bow tie -- Frank -- The child who stands alone -- Nuremberg -- The girl who chose not to remember -- Judgment -- Epilogue: To the woods.