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- catalog abstract "Part biography, part history, part moral meditation on the resurrection of torture as an instrument of political power in the twentieth century, The Good Listener tells the story of Helen Bamber, a good but complex woman now in her seventies, who has spent her life battling to bring the dark side of history into the light. In almost every situation in our century where mankind has demonstrated its capacity to intensify evil - during the Nazi Holocaust, in Algeria, Chile, Africa, the USSR, and Israel, as well as in postwar Britain and Germany - Bamber has served as a witness, an expert, or a reproach, as well as repository of our collective memory of debasement. She went to Bergen-Belsen after World War II had ended, and upon her return to London she dedicated herself to caring for the young survivors of the camp. So began Bamber's brave devotion to the grim and dangerous task of undoing the work of the torturer - culminating, after her participation as a central force in Amnesty International, in her establishment in England of the Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture. Because Bamber's uncanny openness to others has been one of her great skills, The Good Listener is rendered even more powerful by the stories of the people she has helped, stories that become unforgettable records of meaningless human suffering.".
- catalog alternative "Helen Bamber, a life against cruelty".
- catalog alternative "Life against cruelty".
- catalog contributor b11086042.
- catalog created "1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1998.".
- catalog description "In almost every situation in our century where mankind has demonstrated its capacity to intensify evil - during the Nazi Holocaust, in Algeria, Chile, Africa, the USSR, and Israel, as well as in postwar Britain and Germany - Bamber has served as a witness, an expert, or a reproach, as well as repository of our collective memory of debasement. She went to Bergen-Belsen after World War II had ended, and upon her return to London she dedicated herself to caring for the young survivors of the camp.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 351-365) and index.".
- catalog description "Part biography, part history, part moral meditation on the resurrection of torture as an instrument of political power in the twentieth century, The Good Listener tells the story of Helen Bamber, a good but complex woman now in her seventies, who has spent her life battling to bring the dark side of history into the light.".
- catalog description "So began Bamber's brave devotion to the grim and dangerous task of undoing the work of the torturer - culminating, after her participation as a central force in Amnesty International, in her establishment in England of the Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture. Because Bamber's uncanny openness to others has been one of her great skills, The Good Listener is rendered even more powerful by the stories of the people she has helped, stories that become unforgettable records of meaningless human suffering.".
- catalog extent "x, 374 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Good listener.".
- catalog identifier "0375401008".
- catalog isFormatOf "Good listener.".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "1998.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Pantheon Books,".
- catalog relation "Good listener.".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain".
- catalog subject "303.48/4/092 B 21".
- catalog subject "Bamber, Helen.".
- catalog subject "HQ1595.B35 B45 1998".
- catalog subject "HQ1595.B35 B45 1999".
- catalog subject "Military atrocities.".
- catalog subject "Political atrocities.".
- catalog subject "Political crimes and offenses Investigation.".
- catalog subject "Torture victims Civil rights.".
- catalog subject "Women human rights workers Great Britain Biography.".
- catalog subject "Women social reformers Great Britain Biography.".
- catalog title "Helen Bamber, a life against cruelty".
- catalog title "Life against cruelty".
- catalog title "The good listener : Helen Bamber, a life against cruelty / Neil Belton.".
- catalog type "text".