Jozef Garlinski

Fighting Auschwitz

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. Incredible story of the prisoner underground at Auschwitz, meticulously researched and highly readable. More than 200 photos and maps. Winner of the SILVER AWARD for HISTORY at the 2019 Benjamin Franklin Awards.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Aquila Polonica
• 2nd edition
• Seitenzahl: 575
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. September 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 156mm x 47mm
• Gewicht: 970g
• ISBN-13: 9781607720256
• ISBN-10: 1607720256
• Artikelnr.: 49566547

Autorenporträt

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

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 Garli¿ski
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