{"product_id":"auschwitz-a-new-history-paperback","title":"Auschwitz: A New History - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLaurence Rees\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis \"scrupulous and honest\" (\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e) history of the most notorious concentration camp of the Holocaust preserves the authentic voices of survivors and perpetrators\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The largest mass murder in human history took place in World War II at Auschwitz. Yet its story is not fully known. In \u003ci\u003eAuschwitz\u003c\/i\u003e, Laurence Rees reveals new insights from more than 100 original interviews with survivors and Nazi perpetrators who speak on the record for the first time. Their testimonies provide a portrait of the inner workings of the camp in unrivalled detail-from the techniques of mass murder, to the politics and gossip mill that turned between guards and prisoners, to the on-camp brothel in which the lines between those guards and prisoners became surprisingly blurred. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Rees examines the strategic decisions that led the Hitler and Himmler to make Auschwitz the primary site for the extinction of Europe's Jews-their \"Final Solution.\" He concludes that many of the horrors that were perpetrated in Auschwitz were the result of a terrible immoral pragmatism. The story of the camp becomes a morality tale, too, in which evil is shown to proceed in a series of deft, almost noiseless incremental steps until it produces the overwhelming horror of the industrial scale slaughter that was inflicted in the gas chambers of Auschwitz.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLaurence Rees\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning historian and documentary filmmaker. He has authored several books, all published by PublicAffairs, including \u003ci\u003eThe Holocaust: A New History \u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHitler and Stalin, \u003c\/i\u003eand his forthcoming title, \u003ci\u003eThe Nazi Mind: Twelve Warnings from History.\u003c\/i\u003e He lives in London.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.96 x 8.92 x 4.64 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 10, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e National Jewish Book Award (2006)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53093186896096,"sku":"9781586483579","price":22.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/5909\/4496\/files\/zoA2XYWN5K9781586483579.webp?v=1781638658","url":"https:\/\/improvedinc.myshopify.com\/products\/auschwitz-a-new-history-paperback","provider":"Improved Improper Input Inc.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}