Jozef Garlinski

Fighting Auschwitz (eBook, ePUB)

The Resistance Movement in the Concentration Camp

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Produktbeschreibung

"The definitive study of the topic." -Prof. Antony Polonsky, Emeritus Professor of Holocaust Studies, Brandeis University, and Chief Historian, POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews.

Winner of the SILVER AWARD for HISTORY at the 2019 Benjamin Franklin Awards.

The incredible story of underground resistance among the prisoners at the infamous Auschwitz concentration camp.

When the Germans opened Auschwitz in June 1940, it was a concentration camp for political prisoners, who were told on arrival that they would live no longer than three months-expanding two years later to also become a death camp for Jews.

Underground resistance appeared at Auschwitz very quickly, spearheaded in 1940 by one of the bravest men ever to live, Polish army officer Captain Witold Pilecki.

In this meticulously researched and highly readable work, Józef Garlinski traces the evolution and operations of the principal resistance organizations among the prisoners (including communist as well as non-communist groups). He delves into the relationships among these groups, as well as their relationships with the various political and multinational factions in the prisoner population, including both male and female, and with the underground outside the camp. He describes their efforts against the brutal SS men and informers. In parallel, he documents the growth and evolution of Auschwitz itself, and the horrors of the industrialized death factory for Jews created by the Germans.

First published in English in 1975, but out of print for decades, this seminal book is now being released in a new 2nd edition with more than 200 photos and maps, and a new introduction by Prof. Antony Polonsky.

Garlinski, a member of the Polish underground during WWII, was himself a prisoner at Auschwitz.

With more than 200 photos and maps, five Appendices, extensive Bibliography and detailed Indexes.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Aquila Polonica
• Seitenzahl: 592
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. September 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781607720294
• Artikelnr.: 60552189

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By Jozef Garlinski - Introduction by Antony Polonsky - Foreword by M. R. D. Foot - Afterword by J...

Inhaltsangabe

FIGHTING AUSCHWITZ
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Abbreviations
Introduction by Professor Antony Polonsky
Foreword by Professor M. R. D. Foot
Preface
Part One
Chapter 1
1. Voluntarily to Auschwitz
2. Undercover Mission
3. The German Plans for Auschwitz
4. Construction and Early Days of Auschwitz
5. Witold Pilecki Arrives in Auschwitz
6. Organization and Administration of the Auschwitz Camp
7. Use of Prisoners in the Camp Administration
8. Himmler’s Visit to Auschwitz
Notes to Chapter 1
Chapter 2
1. The Development of Underground Work in the Camp
2. The First ‘Five’
3. The Polish Underground
Notes to Chapter 2
Chapter 3
1. The Underground Organization in the Neighbourhood of the Camp
2. Secret Work in the Hospital
3. The First Reports to London
4. The Organization of Labour and Underground Workers in Key Positions
5. The Orchestra; Collective Responsibility for Escapes
6. The German–Soviet War
Notes to Chapter 3
Part Two
Chapter 4
1. The First Deaths from Gassing
2. The Fourth ‘Five’
3. Agreement Between the Military and Political Groups
4. The Building of Birkenau and Other Sub-Camps
5. Forced Labour in Auschwitz
6. The Extermination of the Jews
Notes to Chapter 4
Chapter 5
1. The Underground Network in Birkenau
2. Pilecki’s Contact with the Czechs
3. The Radio Transmitter
4. The Underground’s First Escapes
5. Revolt in the Penal Companies
6. Further Unification of the Military Groups
Notes to Chapter 5
Chapter 6
1. The Women’s Camp
2. The Hospital
3. Liquidation of Informers
4. Reassignment of Military Leadership
5. Himmler’s Second Visit
Notes to Chapter 6
Chapter 7
1. Losses Among the Underground
2. Help from Outside the Camp
3. The Partisan Units
4. Pilecki’s Escape
5. Pilecki Reports to his Home Army Superiors
Notes to Chapter 7
Part Three
Chapter 8
1. Summary of the Previous Period
2. Underground Leadership After Pilecki’s Escape
3. Overview of Nationalities and Ethnic Groups at Auschwitz
4. The Austrian Group
5. The French Group
6. The Soviet Group
7. Other Groups
8. Formation of the Kampfgruppe Auschwitz
Notes to Chapter 8
Chapter 9
1. The Surveyors’ Kommando
2. SS Morale
3. Conditions in the Hospital
4. Liquidation of the Leaders of the Polish Military Underground
5. The New Commandant and Changes in the Camp
6. Influence of Hermann Langbein
Notes to Chapter 9
Chapter 10
1. Further Action by the Underground
2. Changes at the Hospital; Obliterating Traces of Crimes
3. The Book of the Bunker
4. Liquidation of the Hungarian Jews
5. Changes in the Underground
Notes to Chapter 10
Chapter 11
1. Escapes and Partisans
2. The Moll Plan
3. The Revolt in the Sonderkommando
4. Preparations for the Relief of the Camp
5. The Underground’s Final Actions
6. Evacuation
Notes to Chapter 11
Conclusion
Afterword by Jarek Garliński
Appendices
1. Subsequent Fate of the More Important Persons Mentioned in the Text
2. Additional Notes on Various Matters
3. Underground Members at Auschwitz and Those Who Helped Them
4. SS Ranks with Comparable Ranks in the British Army
5. Comments and Corrections
Select Bibliography
People Index
Subject Index
LIST OF MAPS
Europe – 1939
Poland – 1939
Invasion of Poland – September 1939
Occupied Poland 1939–1941
Auschwitz and Environs
Auschwitz and Environs – Detail
KL Auschwitz I
Europe – Summer 1940
Birkenau
Pilecki’s Escape Route