Auschwitz and Birkenau by Ian Baxter
Auschwitz and Birkenau were separate from each other,by about a 45 minute walk. Auschwitz was adapted to hold political prisoners in 1940 and evolved into a killing machine in 1941. Later that year a new site called Birkenau was found to extend the Auschwitz complex. Here a vast complex of buildings were constructed to hold initially Russian POWs and later Jews as a labour pool for the surrounding industries including IG Farben. Following the January 1943 Wannsee Conference, Birkenau evolved into a murder factory using makeshift houses which were adapted to kill Jews and Russian POWs. Later due to sheer volume Birkenau evolved into a mass killing machine using gas chambers and crematoria, while Auschwitz, which still held prisoners, became the administrative centre. The images show first Auschwitz main camp and then Birkenau and are carefully chosen to illustrate specific areas, like the Women's Camp, Gypsy Camp, SS quarters, Commandant's House, railway disembarkation, the 'sauna', disinfection area and the Crematoria. Maps covering Auschwitz and Birkenau explain the layout. This book is shocking proof of the scale of the Holocaust.-
Auschwitz Death Camp: Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives
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Royal Air Force in the Cold War, 1950-1970
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The Royal Army Medical Corps in the Great War
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The English Electric Lightning
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Stilwell and the Chindits
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Malta GC
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Animals in the Great War
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British Tanks: The Second World War (Images of War Series)
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Burma Victory, 1944-1945
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German Machine Guns of the Second World War
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B-17 Memphis Belle: Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives
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Allied Armies in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1945
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RAF Fighter Pilots Over Burma: Images of War
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Royal Armoured Corps in Cold War 1946 - 1990
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British on the Somme 1916
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Leningrad: Hero City (Images of War Series)
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SS Specialist Units in Combat
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Hitler's Tank Killer: Sturmgeschutz at War 1940-1945
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The Centurian Tank: Images Of War
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Rommel in North Africa
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U-boat War, The
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With Rommel in the Desert: Tripoli to El Alamein
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The Hawker Hunter
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Armoured Warfare in the Korean War
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Allied Armoured Fighting Vehicles of the Second World War
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American Wheeled Armoured Fighting Vehicles
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German Guns of the Third Reich
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Invasion of the Italian Mainland
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Belsen and its Liberation
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Armoured Warfare and the Fall of France 1940
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Chiang Kai-Shek versus Tse-Tung
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Fighters Under Construction in World War Two: Images of War
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War in the Balkans: The Battle for Greece and Crete
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French Army at Verdun
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Axis Armoured Fighting Vehicles of the Second World War
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Images of War Aircraft Salvage in Batle of Britain and the Blitz
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Early Jet Fighters
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The Battle for Budapest 1944 - 1945
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Merchant Sailors at War 1943 - 1945 - Beating the U-boat
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Aircraft Carriers of the United States Navy
Ian Baxter is an avid collector of WW2 photographs and prolific author. His previous books in this Series include Hitler's Boy Soldiers, Nazi Concentration Camp Commandants and The Crushing of Poland. He lives near Chelmsford, Essex.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781473856875 |
| ISBN 10 | 1473856876 |
| Title | Auschwitz and Birkenau |
| Author | Ian Baxter |
| Series | Images Of War Ser |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Pen & Sword Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2019-09-30 |
| Number of pages | 170 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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