Auschwitz: The Nazis & The 'Final Solution: VERY FINE SIGNED & PUBLICATION DAY DATED FIRST EDITION

Rees, Laurence

ISBN 10: 0563521171 / ISBN 13: 9780563521174

Published by BBC Books, 2005

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A very fine first printing in a likewise unclipped dust wrapper. Unread gift condition, SIGNED and Publication Day DATED 6th January 2005 by Laurence Rees to the title page. An outstanding copy and scarce to find signed and dated. BOXED DESPATCH. Seller Inventory # ABE-1584014613049

Bibliographic Details

Title: Auschwitz: The Nazis & The 'Final Solution: ...

Publisher: BBC Books

Publication Date: 2005

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: As New

Dust Jacket Condition: As New

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st Edition

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Synopsis:

In this compelling book, highly acclaimed author and broadcaster Laurence Rees tells the definitive history of the most notorious Nazi institution of them all. We discover how Auschwitz evolved from a concentration camp for Polish political prisoners into the site of the largest mass murder in history - part death camp, part concentration camp, where around a million Jews were killed.

Auschwitz examines the mentality and motivations of the key Nazi decision makers, and perpetrators of appalling crimes speak here for the first time abouty their actions. Fascinating and disturbing facts have been uncovered - from the operation of a brothel to the corruption that was rife throughout the camp. The book draws on intriguing new documentary material from recently opened Russian archives, which will challenge many previously accepted arguments.

This is the story of murder, brutality, courage, excape and survival, and apowerful account of how human tragedy of such immense scale could have happened.

About the Author:

Laurence Rees is Creative Director of History Programmes for BBC Television and a former editor of the Emmy-winning Timewatch, BBC TV's history documentary series.

He has written five previous books, including The Nazis: a Warning from History, War of the Century about the Hitler/Stalin war and Horror in the East, an examination of the war against Japan. The Nazis, War of the Century and Horror in the East were also successful television documentary series - all written and produced by Laurence Rees. This body of work has won him a host of awards, including an International Documentary Association Award and a British Academy Award.