Auschwitz

A collection of eyewitness accounts on life at the Auschwitz concentration camp. Includes excerpts from books, essays, and protocols by prisoners, as well as excerpts from notes by Rudolf Höss, statements made by Adolf Eichmann, and Nazi documents. Some of the essays were written especially for this book. Discusses the early days of the camp, which was established in April 1940; the different camps which constituted the Auschwitz complex; the fate of inmates; the genocide machinery; and resistance. Concludes with memoirs by Primo Levi describing the last days of the camp. Pp. 327-364 contain photographs and facsimiles of documents.

Year

1994

Publisher

Europäische Verlagsanstalt/Rotbuch

Editions

1

Pages

316

ISBN

9783434462231

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