Description
It is the catalogue of the first-ever traveling exhibition about the Auschwitz concentration camp, where 1.1 million people--mostly Jews, but also non-Jewish Poles, Roma, and others--lost their lives.
More than 280 objects and images from the exhibition are illustrated herein. Drawn from the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum and other collections around the world, they range from the intimate (such as victims' family snapshots and personal belongings) to the immense (an actual surviving barrack from the Auschwitz III-Monowitz satellite camp); all are eloquent in their testimony.
An authoritative yet accessible text weaves the stories behind these artifacts into an encompassing history of Auschwitz--from a Polish town at the crossroads of Europe, to the dark center of the Holocaust, to a powerful site of remembrance.
Auschwitz: Not long ago. Not far away. is an essential volume for everyone who is interested in history and its lessons.
Author: Robert Jan Van Pelt
Publisher: Abbeville Press
Published: 05/07/2019
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 3.55lbs
Size: 11.50h x 9.40w x 1.10d
ISBN13: 9780789213310
ISBN10: 0789213311
BISAC Categories:
- Photography | Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions | General
- History | Modern | 20th Century | Holocaust
- History | Jewish | General
More than 280 objects and images from the exhibition are illustrated herein. Drawn from the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum and other collections around the world, they range from the intimate (such as victims' family snapshots and personal belongings) to the immense (an actual surviving barrack from the Auschwitz III-Monowitz satellite camp); all are eloquent in their testimony.
An authoritative yet accessible text weaves the stories behind these artifacts into an encompassing history of Auschwitz--from a Polish town at the crossroads of Europe, to the dark center of the Holocaust, to a powerful site of remembrance.
Auschwitz: Not long ago. Not far away. is an essential volume for everyone who is interested in history and its lessons.
Author: Robert Jan Van Pelt
Publisher: Abbeville Press
Published: 05/07/2019
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 3.55lbs
Size: 11.50h x 9.40w x 1.10d
ISBN13: 9780789213310
ISBN10: 0789213311
BISAC Categories:
- Photography | Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions | General
- History | Modern | 20th Century | Holocaust
- History | Jewish | General
About the Author
Robert Jan van Pelt is chief curator of the exhibition Auschwitz: Not Long Ago. Not Far Away. Van Pelt, professor of cultural history in the School of Architecture at the University of Waterloo, is known internationally as one of the leading authorities on the history and architecture of Auschwitz.