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The Auschwitz photographer : the forgotten story of the WWII prisoner who documented thousands of lost souls

Summary: "Wilhelm Brasse: "I looked death in the eyes. I did it fifty thousand times..." When Germany invaded Poland in 1939, photographer Wilhelm Brasse was sent to Auschwitz. His inability to condone the Third Reich and swear allegiance to Hitler landed him at one of the deadliest concentration camps of World War II. There, he was forced to record the camp's atrocities. From 1940-1945, Brasse took more than 50,000 photos of the nightmare that surrounded him. Brasse's role earned him Nazi favor, but he couldn't bear to hide behind his camera. He resisted, faking documents for prisoners and smuggling photos to the outside world. When the war ended, he refused orders to destroy his records. Many of the people that appeared in Brasse's photos perished, but he wouldn't discard the memories of who they were. A hauntingly true story of a man who made sure the world couldn't turn a blind eye to the Holocaust, The Auschwitz Photographer honors Wilhelm Brasse, the photographer who immortalized the horrific atrocities we should, and must, never forget."--

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  • ISBN: 1728242207 (paperback)
  • ISBN: 9781728242200 (paperback)
  • ISBN: 1728244048
  • ISBN: 9781728244044
  • Physical Description: xiv, 334 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
    print
  • Publisher: Naperville, Illinois : Sourcebooks, [2021]

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General Note:
Originally published as Il fotografo di Auschwitz by Edizioni Piemme S.p.a., 2013.
Includes Reading Group Guide.
Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note: Prologue: Auschwitz: an afternoon at the identification service -- Part 1. Auschwitz, 1941: Hiding to survive -- Part 2. Auschwitz, 1942-43: Serving the master -- Part 3. Auschwitz, 1944-45: Rebellion and testimony -- Epilogue -- A true story -- A note on the text.
Subject: Brasse, Wilhelm 1917-2012
Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
Portrait photographers Poland Biography
World War, 1939-1945 Atrocities Poland Oświęcim
Nazi concentration camp inmates Poland Oświęcim Biography
World War, 1939-1945 Poland Prisoners and prisons Biography
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Poland
Photographers Poland Biography
Genre: Biographies.

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  • 5 of 5 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

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  • 1 current hold with 5 total copies.
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Exeter Community Library 940.5318 CRI (Text) 33249024805909 Non-fiction Available -
Memorial Library of Nazareth and Vicinity 940.53 CRI 2021 (Text) 31001101832278 Adult Non Fiction Available -
Montrose 940.53 CRIP (Text) 37000009416790 SSQM Main Floor Available -
Reading Public Library RPL - Main 940.5318 Cri (Text) 33223008725714 Non-fiction Available -
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