{"product_id":"people-in-auschwitz-9781469628370","title":"People in Auschwitz","description":"\u003cp\u003eHermann Langbein was allowed to know and see extraordinary things forbidden to other Auschwitz inmates. Interned at Auschwitz in 1942 and classified as a non-Jewish political prisoner, he was assigned as clerk to the chief SS physician of the extermination camp complex, which gave him access to documents, conversations, and actions that would have remained unknown to history were it not for his witness and his subsequent research. Also a member of the Auschwitz resistance, Langbein sometimes found himself in a position to influence events, though at his peril.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeople in Auschwitz\u003c\/i\u003e is very different from other works on the most infamous of Nazi annihilation centers. Langbein's account is a scrupulously scholarly achievement intertwining his own experiences with quotations from other inmates, SS guards and administrators, civilian industry and military personnel, and official documents. Whether his recounting deals with captors or inmates, Langbein analyzes the events and their context objectively, in an unemotional style, rendering a narrative that is unique in the history of the Holocaust. This monumental book helps us comprehend what has so tenaciously challenged understanding.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Hermann Langbein\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of North Carolina Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/16\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 568\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.27d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781469628370\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHermann Langbein (1912-1995) was born in Vienna. In 1938 he was a member of the International Brigade in the Spanish Civil War, then he was interned in various French camps. Following the German conquest, he was transferred to Dachau, then to Auschwitz, where he remained for two years. There he was a leading participant in the international resistance organization in the camp. After liberation he became general secretary of the International Auschwitz Committee and later secretary of the Comité International des Camps. Among the many important works he wrote or edited are \u003ci\u003eAgainst All Hope: Resistance in the Nazi Concentration Camps, 1938-1945\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNazi Mass Murder: A Documentary History of the Use of Poison Gas\u003c\/i\u003e. Harry Zohn (1923-2001) wrote, edited, or translated forty books, including a translation of Langbein's \u003ci\u003eAgainst All Hope: Resistance in the Nazi Concentration Camps, 1938-1945\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of North Carolina Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45115621638259,"sku":"9781469628370","price":80.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_b612dae6-e57c-4c8e-ba3f-2b4bee7d4529.jpg?v=1781787568","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/people-in-auschwitz-9781469628370","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}