Anatomy Of The Auschwitz Death Camp

Leading scholars from the United States, Israel, Poland, and other European countries provide the first comprehensive account of what took place at the Auschwitz death camp. Principal sections of the book address the institutional history of the camp, the technology and dimensions of the genocide carried out there, the profiles of the perpetrators and the lives of the inmates, underground resistance and escapes, and what the outside world knew about Auschwitz and when.

Auschwitz : an overview / Yisrael Gutman -- The system of prisoner exploitation / Franciszek Piper -- The satellite camps / Shmuel Krakowski -- The number of victims / Franciszek Piper -- Auschwitz and the "final solution" / Raul Hilberg -- A site in search of a mission / Robert-Jan Van Pelt -- Gas chambers and crematoria / Franciszek Piper -- The machinery of mass murder at Auschwitz / Jean-Claude Pressac with Robert-Jan Van Pelt -- The plunder of victims and their corpses / Andrzej Strzelecki -- Historical-sociological profile of the Auschwitz SS / Aleksander Lasik -- Rudolf Hèoss : manager of crime / Aleksander Lasik-- Nazi doctors / Robert Jay Lifton and Amy Hackett -- The crimes of Josef Mengele / Helena Kubica -- The Auschwitz prisoner administration / Danuta Czech -- Hospitals ; Women / Irena Strzelecka -- Children / Helena Kubica -- The family camp / Nili Keren -- Gypsies / Yehuda Bauer.