Francis Biddle: 2 books

Even as the horrors unfolded, it seemed difficult to connect them with the shabby figures in the prisoners' dock. And yet, these contemptible men had once been among the most powerful and corrupt on earth. In this short-form book, Francis Biddle, the American judge at the war crimes trial of the twenty-one top Nazis, records the last chapter of their evil careers.

Long before he founded his Quaker commonwealth in America, William Penn stood up for religious freedom against the awesome power of the England's monarchy - and put the entire Western world in his debt. Here, in this essay by former U.S. Attorney General Francis Biddle, is his surprising story.