Auschwitz

No symbol of the Holocaust is more profound than Auschwitz. Yet the sheer, crushing number of murders--over 1,200,000--the overwhelming scale of the crime, and the vast, abandoned site of ruined chimneys and rusting barbed wire isolate Auschwitz from us. How could an ordinary town become a site of such terror? Why was this particular town chosen? Who conceived, created, and constructed the camp? This unprecedented history reveals how an unremarkable Polish village was transformed into a killing field. Using architectural designs and planning documents recently discovered in Poland and Russia and over 200 illustrations, Auschwitz tells how this town became the epicenter of the Final Solution. A National Jewish Book Award winner.

Author: Debórah Dwork, Robert Jan Van Pelt
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 04/17/2002
Pages: 504
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.79lbs
Size: 9.32h x 6.94w x 1.32d
ISBN13: 9780393322910
ISBN10: 0393322912
BISAC Categories:
- History | Modern | 20th Century | Holocaust
- History | Eastern Europe | General
- History | Jewish | General