The Auschwitz photographer : based on the true story of Wilhelm Brasse prisoner 3444
Crippa, Luca, 1964-2021
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When Germany invaded Wilhelm Brasse's native Poland in 1939, he was asked to swear allegiance to Hitler and join the Wehrmacht. He refused. He was deported to Auschwitz concentration camp as political prisoner number 3444. A trained portrait photographer, he was ordered by the SS to record the inner workings of the camp. He began by taking identification photographs of prisoners as they entered the camp, went on to capture the criminal medical experiments of Josef Mengele, and also recorded executions. Between 1940 and 1945, Brasse took around 50,000 photographs of the horror around him. He took them because he had no choice. Eventually, Brasse's conscience wouldn't allow him to hide behind his camera.
Main title:
The Auschwitz photographer : based on the true story of Wilhelm Brasse prisoner 3444 / Luca Crippa and Maurizio Onnis ; translated from the Italian by Jennifer Higgins.
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Imprint:
London : Penguin Books, 2021.
Collation:
xiii, 287 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9781529176384 (pbk)
Dewey class:
940.5318092940.531940.5318940.920BRA940.531809
LC class:
D805.5.A96
Local class:
940.531B BRA
Language:
EnglishItalian
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BRN:
3019761
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