A Lucky Child

A new edition of this honest and heartfelt memoir of one boy's extraordinary journey from the horrors of life in Auschwitz to judge at the International Court in The Hague. Now includes a new postscript in which Thomas tells the moving story of his mother's search for him after the war.

Thomas Buergenthal has devoted his life to international and human rights law. He has received degrees from New York University Law School and Harvard Law School and for ten years he was a judge of the International Court of Justice in The Hague until his resignation in 2010. Co-recipient of the 2008 Gruber Foundation International Justice Prize, he lives in Washington DC.