Auschwitz
I nazisti e la soluzione finale
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Descrizione dell’editore
Un autorevole studioso e documentarista ricostruisce in queste pagine l'origine e il funzionamento della più tristemente celebre macchina di morte nazista, Auschwitz, che diventa il punto di partenza per esaminare l'Olocausto in tutte le sue implicazioni. In particolare, Rees si sofferma ad analizzare le motivazioni e la mentalità dei maggiori criminali nazisti, grazie a una serie di preziose interviste rilasciate dai protagonisti, ai resoconti delle SS e ai documenti resi disponibili dagli archivi russi. Il risultato è un saggio di grande spessore che non esita ad affrontare anche questioni «scomode», come la corruzione diffusa tra i prigionieri, la presenza di bordelli, le complici mancanze dei Paesi occupati o l'imbarazzante silenzio degli Alleati, che sapevano dei campi. Un libro, premiato come History Book of the Year e insignito del British Book Award, che scrive la parola definitiva sulla più grande tragedia del Novecento.
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This pathbreaking work reveals the "destructive dynamism" of the Nazis' most notorious death camp. Rees, creative director of history programs for the BBC, consistently offers new insights, drawn from more than 100 interviews with survivors and Nazi perpetrators. He gives a vivid portrait of the behind-the-scenes workings of the camp: for instance, of how a sympathetic guard could mean the difference between life and death for inmates, and the opening of a brothel to satisfy the "needs" of sadistic camp guards. But this is more than an anecdotal account of Nazi brutality. Rees also examines, and takes a stand on, controversial issues: he argues, for instance, that bombing the camp's train tracks wouldn't have saved many Jews. Nor does he overlook stories of individual acts of kindness or the Danes' rescue of their Jewish community. Rees (The Nazis: A Warning from History) gives a complete history of the camp how it was turned over time from a concentration camp into a death factory where 10,000 people were killed in a single day. Indeed, his argument for incrementalism at Auschwitz mirrors his larger claim that the "Final Solution" came about in an ad hoc fashion, as top Nazi officials struggled for a way to implement their virulent anti-Semitism. Some scholars have made this argument, and others reject it, but the depth and wealth of detail Rees provides make this treatment highly compelling. 16 pages of b&w photos not seen by PW.FYI: This book is the companion to a documentary that PBS will air in three two-hour segments, on January 19, January 26 and February 2.
