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Auschwitz

2004176 pagesPenguin Books Ltd

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Auschwitz stands as a chilling symbol at the core of the modern era, where scientific and technological advancements were twisted from their intended purpose of preserving life to orchestrate mass destruction. This book guides readers through the horrifying transformation of an unimaginable concept in the 1930s into a vast, industrial reality during World War II. It explores how Auschwitz evolved into a dreadful city, the circumstances that brought both its perpetrators and victims to Poland in the 1940s, and the critical question of how such an atrocity was allowed to occur.

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About the author

Sybille Steinbacher is a historian whose work focuses on Auschwitz and the Holocaust. Her books, such as Auschwitz and 'Musterstadt' Auschwitz, explore Germanization policies and the murder of Jews in Eastern Upper Silesia.

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