{"product_id":"auschwitz-a-new-history-9781586483579","title":"Auschwitz: A New History","description":"\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 \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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Laurence Rees\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e PublicAffairs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/10\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.8lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.92h x 4.64w x 0.96d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781586483579\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e National Jewish Book Award - Finalist","brand":"PublicAffairs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44002754396297,"sku":"9781586483579","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_e0e22375-ee28-4128-8117-16a030eccc9f.jpg?v=1747719765","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/auschwitz-a-new-history-9781586483579","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}