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Most of the slaves, who were thus unconditionally freed, returned without any solicitation to their former masters, to serve them, at stated wages; as free men. The work, which they now did, was found to better done than before.
Alfred de Zayas
Born: May 31, 1947 (age 78)
Bio: Alfred-Maurice de Zayas is an American lawyer, writer, historian, a leading expert in the field of human rights and international law and retired high-ranking United Nations official. Since 2012, he has been Special Rapporteur.
Known for:
- Nemesis at Potsdam (1989)
- A Terrible Revenge (2006)
- The Wehrmacht War Crimes Bureau, 1939-1945 (1989)
- The German expellees (1993)
- Die Wehrmacht-Untersuchungsstelle (1980)
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