Lecture
Simon Wiesenthal Lecture: Philippe Sands "Londres 38 - On Impunity, Pinochet in England and a Nazi in Patagonia"
Museum Dorotheergasse
© Christian André Strand
The house at 38 Londres Street, Santiago, is home to the legacies of two men whose personal stories span continents, nationalities and decades of atrocity: Augusto Pinochet, President of Chile, and Walther Rauff, a Nazi SS officer responsible for the use of gas vans.
On the run from justice after 1945, Rauff settles in Punta Arenas, Chile, but there are rumours of a connection with Pinochet’s secret intelligence service, the dreaded DINA.
In 1998, the London police arrests Pinochet on charges of crimes against humanity and genocide. Philippe Sands is called to advise the former head of state on his claim to immunity but will instead represent a human rights organisation against him. Years later, Sands embarks on a decades-long investigation into Pinochet’s crimes, his unexpected connection to Rauff and the former Nazi’s possible connection to Chile’s disappeared.
Philippe Sands KC is Professor of Law at University College London and Visiting Professor of Law at Harvard. He is a practising barrister at 11KBW, appears as counsel before the International Court of Justice and other international courts and tribunals, and sits as an international arbitrator. His books include East West Street (2016), The Ratline (2020), The Last Colony (2022) and 38 Londres Street: On Pinochet in England and a Nazi in Patagonia (March 2025).
In cooperation with Vienna Wiesenthal Institue for Holocaust Studies (VWI).
Free admission
On the run from justice after 1945, Rauff settles in Punta Arenas, Chile, but there are rumours of a connection with Pinochet’s secret intelligence service, the dreaded DINA.
In 1998, the London police arrests Pinochet on charges of crimes against humanity and genocide. Philippe Sands is called to advise the former head of state on his claim to immunity but will instead represent a human rights organisation against him. Years later, Sands embarks on a decades-long investigation into Pinochet’s crimes, his unexpected connection to Rauff and the former Nazi’s possible connection to Chile’s disappeared.
Philippe Sands KC is Professor of Law at University College London and Visiting Professor of Law at Harvard. He is a practising barrister at 11KBW, appears as counsel before the International Court of Justice and other international courts and tribunals, and sits as an international arbitrator. His books include East West Street (2016), The Ratline (2020), The Last Colony (2022) and 38 Londres Street: On Pinochet in England and a Nazi in Patagonia (March 2025).
In cooperation with Vienna Wiesenthal Institue for Holocaust Studies (VWI).
Free admission
