$37.84
- Paperback
176 pages
- Release Date
16 July 2018
Summary
A short, devastating study of history’s most notorious killing ground.
At the terrible heart of the modern age lies Auschwitz. In a total inversion of earlier hopes about the use of science and technology to improve, extend and protect human life, Auschwitz manipulated the same systems to quite different ends. In Sybille Steinbacher’s terse, powerful new book, the reader is led through the process by which something unthinkable to any European in the 1930s had become a sprawling, indu…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141987484 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0141987480 |
| Author: | Sybille Steinbacher, Shaun Whiteside |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 176 |
| Release Date: | 16 July 2018 |
| Weight: | 135g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm x 10mm |
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Critics Review
“A thoughtful overview of a place terrible to remember–and one that must always be remembered.” –Kirkus Reviews
“A multitude of books have been written on the camp, yet this brief volume has much to offer both laypersons and scholars interested in its history… . A cogent, penetrating work.” –Booklist
“In concise and sober fashion, German historian Steinbacher traces the history of Auschwitz from a medieval trading town to the major extermination camp of the Holocaust… . Steinbacher, a visiting fellow for European studies at Harvard, avoids extensive analysis or morality tales; the meaning of Auschwitz is in the details, which she provides with clinical precision.” –Publishers Weekly
About The Author
Sybille Steinbacher
Sybille Steinbacher teaches at The University of Bochum. She is currently Visiting Fellow at Harvard University.
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