Auschwitz Chronicle: 1939-1945 (Paperback)

by Danuta Czech (Author)

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Amazon.com Review
I have always advocated keeping a wide array of unusual and telling reference works on hand. This is one of the most chilling: it is a translation of original German records, mixed with eyewitness accounts, compiled by the former research head of the Auschwitz Museum. The memoranda and ledger entries dryly tell the horrors of industrialized, government-sanctioned, popularly supported mass murder. In a sense, this is one of the most truthful works about the 20th century. Running over 800 pages, you can slam someone who "doubts" the Holocaust happened over the head with it.

Product Description
Many documents concerning Auschwitz and its annexes, Birkenau and Monowitz, were destroyed by the Nazis at the close of the war, yet much still survivedincluding eyewitness accountsnow preserved in the archives of the official Auschwitz Museum. Collected here in a monumental, unprecedented work of historical research is a day-by- day, month-by-month chronicle of the concentration camp from its planning in the winter of 1939 to its liberation in January 1945. Polish born Danuta Czech is former head of the research department at the Auschwitz Museum. 92 photos.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 880 pages
• Publisher: Owl Books (NY) (March 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0805052380
• ISBN-13: 978-0805052381
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 7.8 x 2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,521,052 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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16 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Day by day account of the german paper work of killing!, February 18, 1999

By A Customer

This book does not read to well. But what it lacks in readabilty, it makes up for in the supposed Normal paper-work of recording where the people go and where they come from. The part that gets me is in the cold way the Nazis recorded the almost daily trains from 1942 till 1945.Such as 890 jews,321 men & boys and 569 women & girls ariive with an RSHA transport from Holland. Following the selection 48 men & 52 women are admitted to the camp (gives their admit numbers) The other 790 people, including invalids and children, are killed in the gas chambers. I can only read a few pages a day. It is a very depressing read. I also believe it is a very importent read!!!! AUSCHWITZ RERESENTS THE APEX OF EVIL!! And this book proves it beyond a shodow of doubt! So if Original camp documents,admit lists,written orders from Hoss, orders for lab experiments, escape attempts and info brought out at postwar trials is what You are lookin for than this is your book!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Crucial Work of Research, April 2, 2001

By A Customer

This book includes no eyewitness testimonies -- it is strictly factual, basing its information on Nazi records, that is, the ones that weren't burned to hide their crimes. Danuta Czech's incredible work of sifting through the paperwork makes this an extraordinary record of the Holocaust