by Thomas Buergenthal · Plataforma Editorial, S.L. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788496981065
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«Un niño afortunado» is the autobiography of Thomas Buergenthal, published by Plataforma Editorial in paperback (312 pages, in Spanish).
Thomas Buergenthal recounts his childhood during the Holocaust: he survived two ghettos, the Auschwitz and Sachsenhausen camps, and the death march of 1945. The work follows his education in the United States and his career as a jurist up to the International Court of Justice, faithful to his father's advice: never despair under any circumstances.
The work belongs to the Testimonio collection of Plataforma Editorial; its original title is «Ein Glückskind» and it has been published in ten languages.
For readers of Holocaust memoirs and biographies of jurists; a reflection on resilience in the face of adversity.
Thomas Buergenthal was a Czechoslovak-born American international lawyer, scholar, law school dean, and judge of the International Court of Justice (ICJ). He resigned his ICJ post as of 6 September 2010 and returned to his position at The George Washington University Law School where he was the Lobingier Professor Emeritus of Comparative Law and Jurisprudence.
