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KL Auschwitz seen by the SS

KL Auschwitz seen by the SS

Biography & MemoirHistory
Pages
254
Published
1991
Language
English

Synopsis

In this important volume, edited by historians at the Auschwitz State Museum, three German SS men record their parts in the workings of the extermination camps and the events that they witnessed. They are the first commandant of Auschwitz, an SS man in the camp's Political Section, and a medical doctor assigned to making selections for the gas chamber.

Prose complexity
7/10

Vibe

DarkInformativeComplexIntellectual
Multiple POVsVillain Protagonist

Genres

Biography & Memoir History Military History Biography World War II

Authors

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Danuta Czech

Danuta Czech was a historian whose work focused on the Holocaust. She is best known for "KL Auschwitz Seen by the SS," a detailed chronology of events at the concentration camp. Her research provides an important historical record.

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Jadwiga Bezwińska

Jadwiga Bezwińska was a Polish historian whose work focused on the Holocaust. She is best known for editing and compiling "KL Auschwitz Seen by the SS," a collection of testimonies and documents from Auschwitz concentration camp.

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Johann Paul Kremer

Johann Paul Kremer was a German professor of anatomy who served as an SS physician at Auschwitz. His diary entries and testimony from the Nuremberg trials offer a disturbing look into the camp's operations. His work, KL Auschwitz Seen by the SS, provides a unique, chilling perspective on the Holocaust.

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Pery Broad

Pery Broad was an SS Unterscharführer at Auschwitz concentration camp. His memoir, KL Auschwitz seen by the SS, offers a firsthand account of the camp's operations and atrocities. This work provides a historical perspective from a perpetrator's viewpoint.

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Rudolf Höss

German war criminal, commandant of Auschwitz