The Auschwitz Photographer
The Forgotten Story of the WWII Prisoner Who Documented Thousands of Lost Souls
$34.75
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
7 October 2021
Summary
The Nazis asked him to swear allegiance to Hitler, betraying his country, his friends, and everything he believed in. He refused.
Poland, 1939. Professional photographer Wilhelm Brasse is deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau and finds himself in a deadly race to survive, assigned to work as the camp’s intake photographer and take “identity pictures” of prisoners as they arrive by the trainload. Brasse soon discovers his photography skills are in demand from Nazi guards as well, who ask him …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781728242200 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1728242207 |
| Author: | Luca Crippa, Maurizio Onnis, Jennifer Higgins |
| Publisher: | Sourcebooks, Inc |
| Imprint: | Sourcebooks, Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 7 October 2021 |
| Weight: | 385g |
| Dimensions: | 22mm x 140mm x 210mm |
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Critics Review
”“[T]he authors provide another sharp reminder of the extent of Nazi evil, enhanced by the black-and-white photo insert…A moving story of one man’s endurance in the worst imaginable conditions.” -Kirkus Reviews” - Kirkus Reviews
“A compelling story of a young man’s desperate search for the humanity in the inhumanity of the world’s most notorious concentration camp.” - Wendy Holden, author of Born Survivors
“Brasse has left us with a powerful legacy in images. Because of them we can see the victims of the Holocaust as humans and not statistics.” - Fergal Keane, BBC correspondent
”“a cinematic portrait….readers will be captivated by this unlikely story of survival and compassion under the cruelest of circumstances.” - Publishers Weekly” - Publishers Weekly
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