Inside the Gas Chambers. A True Account of a Crematorium Worker in Auschwitz

Inside the Gas Chambers. A True Account of a Crematorium Worker in Auschwitz

The events described in the book are valuable from a historical perspective. The author is one of the few surviving inmates who was a member of the Auschwitz-Birkenau sonderkommando. Members of the sonderkommando accompanied prisoners to the gas chambers, which... were equipped like showers. They helped undress, cut off women's long hair, took belongings, and after death extracted gold teeth. But their main task was transporting the bodies of the victims from the gas chambers to the furnaces. Since the members of the sonderkommando were unwilling accomplices of the executioners, to cover up crimes against humanity, almost all of them were killed. This book is a true story about a place where inhuman cruelty, despair, hunger, suffering, and death were part of daily reality, and a reminder of the dreadful tragedy that forever overshadowed the lives of countless men, women, and children. The preface to the book is written by Simone Weil — a former Auschwitz inmate and president of the Foundation for the Memory of Holocaust Victims.

Author: Шломо Венеция

Printhouse: Eksmo

Series: Dark Archives. Books on Terrifying Experiments and Practices on People

Age restrictions: 18+

Year of publication: 2024

ISBN: 9785042002403

Number of pages: 288

Size: 220x146x20 mm

Cover type: hard

Weight: 393 g

ID: 1668577

The events described in the book are valuable from a historical perspective. The author is one of the few surviving inmates who was a member of the Auschwitz-Birkenau sonderkommando. Members of the sonderkommando accompanied prisoners to the gas chambers, which were equipped like showers. They helped undress, cut off women's long hair, took belongings, and after death extracted gold teeth. But their main task was transporting the bodies of the victims from the gas chambers to the furnaces. Since the members of the sonderkommando were unwilling accomplices of the executioners, to cover up crimes against humanity, almost all of them were killed. This book is a true story about a place where inhuman cruelty, despair, hunger, suffering, and death were part of daily reality, and a reminder of the dreadful tragedy that forever overshadowed the lives of countless men, women, and children. The preface to the book is written by Simone Weil — a former Auschwitz inmate and president of the Foundation for the Memory of Holocaust Victims.

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