{"product_id":"the-ticket-collector-from-belarus-9781398503298","title":"The Ticket Collector from Belarus","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Brilliantly gripping' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e; 'Compelling' \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e; 'Heart-rending' \u003ci\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e; 'Excellent' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e; 'Engrossing' \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The UK's only war crimes trial took place in 1999 and had its origins in the horrors of the Holocaust, but only now in \u003ci\u003eThe Ticket Collector from Belarus​\u003c\/i\u003e can the full story be told.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Ticket Collector from Belarus\u003c\/i\u003e tells the remarkable story of two interwoven journeys. Ben-Zion Blustein and Andrei Sawoniuk were childhood friends in 1930s Domachevo, a holiday and health resort in what is now Belarus. During the events that followed the \u003cb\u003eNazi invasion in 1941\u003c\/b\u003e, they became the bitterest of enemies. After the war, Ben-Zion made his way to Israel, and ‘Andrusha the bastard’ to England, where he found work as a British Rail ticket collector in London.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'In this \u003cb\u003ebrilliantly gripping\u003c\/b\u003e mix of true crime and narrative history, Mike Anderson and Neil Hanson tell the story of the first and only war crimes trial to be held on British soil... To their great credit, Anderson and Hanson avoid piling on the horror, letting the court transcripts speak for themselves.' -- Kathryn Hughes * Sunday Times *\u003cbr\u003e'Here we meet the gulf whose existence is \u003cb\u003eso well illustrated\u003c\/b\u003e in this book - that between court truth and historical truth. One of the great values of Anderson and Hanson's \u003cb\u003eexcellent\u003c\/b\u003e work is to demonstrate that there are several distinct kinds of justice.' -- David Aaronovitch * The Times *\u003cbr\u003e'A \u003cb\u003eriveting and haunting\u003c\/b\u003e book that raises important questions about how far justice should reach when confronted with the worst of crimes.' -- Roger Alton * Daily Mail *\u003cbr\u003e'Sawoniuk ignored the advice of his own lawyers and took the stand. The old man's angry testimony is the high point of the book... The authors have interviewed most of the key players in this \u003cb\u003eheart-rending\u003c\/b\u003e tale and the result is a \u003cb\u003esensitive and well-balanced\u003c\/b\u003e account of an extraordinary moment in British legal history.' -- Saul David * Sunday Telegraph *\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eAn extraordinary tale\u003c\/b\u003e, not least because of the light it throws on on the persistence and thoroughness of the British legal system... The account of how he was finally identified and tracked down makes lively reading... It makes for \u003cb\u003efascinating\u003c\/b\u003e reading.' -- Caroline Moorehead * Spectator *\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eEngrossing\u003c\/b\u003e. The book...arrive[s] in gift-wrapped form for any smart TV or film producer - with characters who don't so much as jump but leap off the page and into your imagination. Forgive the hyperbole but this is \u003cb\u003ethe\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003estory\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003ewith\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eeverything\u003c\/b\u003e... A \u003cb\u003eterrific\u003c\/b\u003e achievement.' -- Adrian Hennigan * Haaretz *","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47836701065559,"sku":"9781398503298","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781398503298.jpg?v=1710381031","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-ticket-collector-from-belarus-9781398503298","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}