Auschwitz

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"[Auschwitz] does at the gut level what Hannah Arendt achieved some forty years ago at the level of philosophy [it] forces the reader to shift the Holocaust out of the realm of nightmare or Gothic horror and acknowledge it as something all too human." The vvasiiintrion Post
In Auschwitz, Laurence Rees provides a shocking portrait of the world's most infamous death camp. Informed by more than 100 original interviews with survivors and Nazi perpetfators who speak on the record for the first time, Rees's narrative exposes the inrfer workings of the camp in unprecedented detail— from the techniques of mass murder to the bizarre microcosms that emerged within the camp, such as the brothel and the dining hall, where the line between guard and prisoner became surprisingly blurred. a major bestseller in Europe, auschwitz is a vital addition to our understanding of the Second World War, the Holocaust, and the human potential for committing unthinkable evil.... Tovább

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h is to ry/j e\y ism studies
"[Auschwitz] does at the gut level what Hannah Arendt achieved some forty years ago at the level of philosophy [it] forces the reader to shift the Holocaust out of the realm of nightmare or Gothic horror and acknowledge it as something all too human." The vvasiiintrion Post
In Auschwitz, Laurence Rees provides a shocking portrait of the world's most infamous death camp. Informed by more than 100 original interviews with survivors and Nazi perpetfators who speak on the record for the first time, Rees's narrative exposes the inrfer workings of the camp in unprecedented detail— from the techniques of mass murder to the bizarre microcosms that emerged within the camp, such as the brothel and the dining hall, where the line between guard and prisoner became surprisingly blurred. a major bestseller in Europe, auschwitz is a vital addition to our understanding of the Second World War, the Holocaust, and the human potential for committing unthinkable evil.
"[U]nfailingly fascinating as effectively crafted as a fictional thriller, which one only wishes it were Stunningly revealing anecdotes convey the full horror in a way overwhelming statistics cannot." Thk Montreal Gazette
"[A] key to understanding man's inhumanity to man."
The London Guardian
"This admirable book deserves to be widely read."
Ian Kershaw, author of Hitler: 1889-1936 Hubris
AUSCHWITZ: A New History is the companion book to the major, 6-hour documentary co-produced by the BBC and KCET, AUSCHWITZ: Inside the Nazi State. For more information please visit www.kcet.org. The documentary is available from BBC Video, wherever DVDs are sold. Vissza