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Author:

Langbein, Hermann, 1912-1995.

Title:

People in Auschwitz / Hermann Langbein ; translated by Harry Zohn ; foreword by Henry Friedlander.

Publisher:

Published in association with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum,

Copyright Date:

c2004

Description:

xvi, 549 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, German.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
Concentratiekampen.
Verzet.
Auschwitz (Pologne : Camp de concentration)
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945--Prisonniers et prisons des Allemands.
Holocauste, 1939-1945.

Other Titles:

Menschen in Auschwitz. English

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [523]-536) and index.

Contents:

Author's rationale -- The camp and its jargon -- The history of the extermination camp -- Numbers -- The prisoners -- Under the power of the camp -- The Muselmann -- The inmate and death -- Music and games -- Canada -- The VIPs -- Jewish VIPs -- Creating accomplices -- The Sonderkommando -- The inmate infirmary -- Those born in Auschwitz -- Resistance -- The jailers -- The guards -- People, not devils -- The commandant -- SS leaders -- Physicians in the SS -- Dr. Wirths -- Subordinates of the SS leaders -- Sexuality -- Reactions of human nature -- Frank and Pestek -- Civilians in Auschwitz -- Afterward -- Inmates after liberation -- SS members after the war -- Conclusion and warning.

ISBN:

9780807828168 (cloth : alk. paper)
0807828165 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2003020485

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

OLAX314 -- Reu Memorial Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

HWAX074 -- Hawkeye Community College Library (Waterloo)