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Jean Améry (31 October 1912 – 17 October 1978), born Hanns Chaim Mayer, was an Austrian-born essayist whose work was often informed by his experiences during World War II. His most celebrated work, At the Mind's Limits: Contemplations by a Survivor on Auschwitz and Its Realities (1966), suggests that torture was "the essence" of the Third ...
Jean Améry (1912–1978), Austrian author; John Amery (1912–1945), British fascist, executed for treason; Julian Amery, Baron Amery of Lustleigh, British Conservative politician; Leo Amery (1873–1955), British Conservative politician, Secretary of State for India, father of John and Julian; Les Amery (1934–1999), former Australian rules ...
Hankey delegated his responsibility to Leo Amery. Meetings were held at 10 Downing Street, sometimes once, sometimes twice daily. Amery says the X Committee "really ran the war during the critical spring and summer months" of 1918. [2] The X Committee's first meeting was held on 15 May 1918, and its last meeting on 25 November 1918. [3]
In the latest edition of the book, there are 53 responses given from various people, up from 10 in the original edition. [4] Among respondents to the question are theologians, political leaders, writers, jurists, psychiatrists, human rights activists, Holocaust survivors, former Nazis and victims of attempted genocides in Bosnia, Cambodia, China and Tibet.
Heidelberger-Leonard is the general editor of the 9-volume edition of the collected works of Jean Améry (Klett Cotta, Stuttgart, 2002-2008). [4] Her biography of Jean Améry, Revolte in der Resignation , was named non-fiction Book of the Year by the German Cultural Foundation (2004) and was awarded the biennial Einhard Prize for Outstanding ...
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Fort Breendonk (Dutch: Fort van Breendonk, French: Fort de Breendonk) is a former military installation at Breendonk, near Mechelen, Belgium, which served as a Nazi prison camp (Auffanglager) during the German occupation of Belgium during World War II.
The Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO and also A.S.O.) is a private company, [1] founded in 1992, that is part of the privately-owned French media group Éditions Philippe Amaury (EPA).