Death Comes in Yellow [Hardcover]

Felicja Karay (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 3718657414 | ISBN-13: 978-3718657414 | Publication Date: September 1, 1997 | Edition: 1

This text presents the history of one slave labour camp in order to shed light on aspects of the slave labour camps established in Poland under German occupation. Hasag-Skarzysko was one of hundred camps scattered throughout occupied Poland. They were distinguished only by size, the nationality of the prisoners, their location, the date of their establishment and the authority in charge. The large number of labour camps reflected the German policy of exploiting the work forces of the occupied countries. These camps were part of a Europe-wide system of forced labour. The first part of this volume reviews the external history of the camp. The second section, which studies the internal workings of the camp, is quite different in approach and included an analysis of prisoner society and a description of the individual prisoner's struggle to survive.

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...Compelling and inspiring...
–The Voice

An important book, but not one for the reader with a weak stomach.
–Meir Ronnen of The Jerusalem Post

The future of Holocaust studies may lie in works like this...
–A. Ezergailis of Choice

Language Notes

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Hebrew

Product Details

• Hardcover: 288 pages
• Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (September 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 3718657414
• ISBN-13: 978-3718657414
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,329,342 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Must read, February 11, 2005

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Stanley J. Cherny (Connecticut) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Death Comes in Yellow (Paperback)

Impressive book that describes, analyzes and chronicles the Skarzysko-Kamienna Slave Labor Camp. This is a little known place with a unique structure amoung the hundreds of forgotten camps. The author also provides a unique analysis of the economics of this camp and its social structure. The translation is rough in some parts but this book is the best overall book I have read about the camps, their social structure, organization, interations of liberation movements and economics. She also provides a unique insight into why many voluntereed to enter the camp and provides much historical background and the links to other Concentration Camps including Plaszow, the camp where Oskar Schindler was associated.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars To Read, To Remember,To Know,, But Never Understand Evil, June 2, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Death Comes in Yellow (Paperback)

My Grandfather a 88 year old man today , Told Me a little bit of what he and his friends sufferd in that labor camp,Thru out the years , never spoke Much about it, and I was never able to understand how they came out of there alive and How they where able to take the pain and suffering, all I knew is that G-d was with them all the Time and they where with G-d, How interesting more then sixty years later a older man I never met comes in my office about somthing else with a book very important to him he starts telling me a story about that consertration camp I was shocked wait a Minute
where you there with ,,,, I told him a lot of names My grandfather
told me and he said yes , I TOLD HIM A STORY ABOUT A GROUP OF JEWISH MEN MY GRANDFATHER INCLUDED THAT PUT THERE LIVES IN DANGER AND GATHERED IN A ROOM TOGETHER TO PRAY TO G-D IN THE MOST HOLY JEWISH HOLYDAY, IF THEY WHERE SEEN BY THE GERMANS THEY WHOULD OF GOTEN KILLED, HE OPENED THE BOOK AND SHOWS ME A PAGE WITH THIS STORY I TOLD HIM, my grandfather never met the Person that wrote this book but I have It ,, To Read To Remember But Never Under stand how Evil those German Nazi where