Auschwitz, 1270 to the present / by Debórah Dwork & Robert Jan van Pelt.
By: Dwork, Deborah.
Contributor(s): Pelt, R. J. van (Robert Jan).
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BookPublisher: New York : Norton, c1996Edition: 1st ed.Description: 443 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.ISBN: 0393039331.Subject(s): Oświęcim (Poland) -- History | Auschwitz (Poland : Concentration camp) | Oświęcim (Poland) -- History | Auschwitz (Poland : Concentration camp)DDC classification: 940.53/18 Summary: A history of the town of Auschwitz, focusing on the question of why and how it came to be the site of a violent concentration camp designed to terrorize and incarcerate Poles, and showing how it evolved into an extermination camp for Jews during World War II. Includes architectural plans and blueprints for the camp.
Maps on endpapers.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 384-423) and index.
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A history of the town of Auschwitz, focusing on the question of why and how it came to be the site of a violent concentration camp designed to terrorize and incarcerate Poles, and showing how it evolved into an extermination camp for Jews during World War II. Includes architectural plans and blueprints for the camp.
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