The SS Officers who ran Hitler's Largest Concentration Camp 1940-1945
by Jeremy Dixon
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Finally a single volume detailing the careers of the SS officers who served in the largest and most infamous of Hitler’s concentration camps, Auschwitz-Birkenau. This volume begins with a brief history of the camp, then details briefly the different departments that made up the command structure of this camp. The book goes on to describe the evacuation and liberation of Auschwitz and some of the major trials before the author gives brief descriptions of what Auschwitz-Birkenau is like today.
The second part of the book is a biographical study of the SS officers in alphabetical order. The SS officers described inside this book are the commanders of the camp, the men with the power, some with power over life and death. Inside you will meet the commandants, Lagerführers, doctors, dentists, Gestapo officials, adjutants, administration leaders, and Sentry commanders. Some went on to fight at the front and won awards for bravery, others helped to save lives of the inmates, and others of course helped with the administration of the Holocaust.
The biographical detail of this book alone adds vast clarity to the gaps in biographical information in other books on Auschwitz. Inside are the details of 162 SS officers known to have served at Auschwitz-Birkenau. Along with over 130 b/w photographs, some rarely and some never published before is a detailed appendix and index. SynopsisLong interested in Nazi Germany, Jeremy Dixon, presents his first book on this subject, emphasizing what is most important to him: the personalities of the people involved. He profiles 162 SS officers who served at Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, as well as the sub-camps of whom some served during the entire time the camp was in operation, while others only for a few weeks or days.
The only book on the subject which details the biographies of ALL the known officers who served at this extermination camp where 1.2 million people were killed.
Large book. Hard back. 135 b/w photographs
