In 1945, at the Nuremberg trial, two figures at the extremes would have found themselves around the
Passion according to Saint Matthew
.
One, Hersch Lauterpacht, a Jewish jurist who originated the concept of a "crime against humanity", worked for the prosecution.
The other, Hans Frank, was in the dock.
Everyone reports having sought solace in Bach's music.
This anecdote told by the lawyer Philippe Sands, specialist in the defense of human rights, in his book
Retour à Lemberg
, does not fail to challenge believers and music lovers, even though the terrible images of the war in Ukraine and of the Boutcha massacre are turning heads.
Recalling how the
Passions
by Johann Sebastian Bach can restore us to our humanity, even in the most tragic moments of dehumanization.
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