Anatomy of the Auschwitz death camp (1994)

by Yisrael Gutman

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Leading scholars from the United States, Israel, Poland, and other European countries provide the first comprehensive account of what took place at the Auschwitz death camp. Principal sections of the book address the institutional history of the camp, the technology and dimensions of the genocide carried out there, the profiles of the perpetrators and the lives of the inmates, underground resistance and escapes, and what the outside world knew about Auschwitz and when.… (more)

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Without the slightest exaggeration...one of the most important and informative books ever written about the Holocaust. Never before has knowledge concerning every aspect of Auschwitz, one of the most demonic institutions of recorded history, been made available in such authority, depth, and comprehensiveness.

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Rigorously documented, brilliantly written, organized, and edited...the most authoritative book about a place of unsurpassed importance in human history.

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...a powerful and comprehensive study...indispensable to anyone with a serious interest in Holocaust studies.

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An immensely wide and deep collection...on the infrastructure, operation, population, and history of the Auschwitz death camp complex...without peer in Holocaust literature.

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Anatomy of the Auschwitz death camp

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1994

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Auschwitz concentration camp, Oświęcim, Lesser Poland, Poland

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[Preface] Auschwitz was the largest and most lethal of the Nazi death camps.

Yisrael Gutman, presenting a historical overview of Auschwitz, chronicles its development from an army barracks to its emergence as a full-fledged concentration camp and he largest Nazi killing center.

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Leading scholars from the United States, Israel, Poland, and other European countries provide the first comprehensive account of what took place at the Auschwitz death camp. Principal sections of the book address the institutional history of the camp, the technology and dimensions of the genocide carried out there, the profiles of the perpetrators and the lives of the inmates, underground resistance and escapes, and what the outside world knew about Auschwitz and when.

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