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People In Auschwitz is published by Fitzhenry and Whiteside.
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Also a book written by an insider. Langbein was an Austrian communist who was arrested by the Nazis in Vienna and got deported.
He became a Funktionshäftling in the camp (a prisoner who had to help the Nazis with daily tasks) and wrote this formidable book about Auschwitz right after the war. Langbein describes in great detail and with style about the daily life, including sports and music, in Auschwitz I.
Non-judgemental and seemingly without anger. That’s why this book is so impressive.
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