Auschwitz: Not Long Ago. Not Far Away.
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9780789213310
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Abbeville Press, Incorporated
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Auschwitz: Not Long Ago. Not Far Away.
Author:
Robert Jan Van Pelt
Language:
English
Format:
Hardcover
Publication Date:
05/07/2019 00:00
ISBN:
0789213311
Pages:
240
SKU:
9780789213310
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This book tells a story to shake the conscience of the world.
It is the catalogue of the first-ever traveling exhibition about the Auschwitz concentration camp, where 1.1 million people―mostly Jews, but also non-Jewish Poles, Roma, and others―lost their lives.
More than 280 objects and images from the exhibition are illustrated herein. Drawn from the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum and other collections around the world, they range from the intimate (such as victims’ family snapshots and personal belongings) to the immense (an actual surviving barrack from the Auschwitz III–Monowitz satellite camp); all are eloquent in their testimony.
An authoritative yet accessible text weaves the stories behind these artifacts into an encompassing history of Auschwitz―from a Polish town at the crossroads of Europe, to the dark center of the Holocaust, to a powerful site of remembrance.
Auschwitz: Not long ago. Not far away. is an essential volume for everyone who is interested in history and its lessons.
The book, Auschwitz: Not Long Ago. Not Far Away. [Bulk, Wholesale, Quantity] ISBN# 9780789213310 in Hardcover by Robert Jan Van Pelt;Luis Ferreiro;Miriam Greenbaum may be ordered in bulk quantities. Minimum starts at 25 copies. Availability based on publisher status and quantity being ordered.
It is the catalogue of the first-ever traveling exhibition about the Auschwitz concentration camp, where 1.1 million people―mostly Jews, but also non-Jewish Poles, Roma, and others―lost their lives.
More than 280 objects and images from the exhibition are illustrated herein. Drawn from the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum and other collections around the world, they range from the intimate (such as victims’ family snapshots and personal belongings) to the immense (an actual surviving barrack from the Auschwitz III–Monowitz satellite camp); all are eloquent in their testimony.
An authoritative yet accessible text weaves the stories behind these artifacts into an encompassing history of Auschwitz―from a Polish town at the crossroads of Europe, to the dark center of the Holocaust, to a powerful site of remembrance.
Auschwitz: Not long ago. Not far away. is an essential volume for everyone who is interested in history and its lessons.
The book, Auschwitz: Not Long Ago. Not Far Away. [Bulk, Wholesale, Quantity] ISBN# 9780789213310 in Hardcover by Robert Jan Van Pelt;Luis Ferreiro;Miriam Greenbaum may be ordered in bulk quantities. Minimum starts at 25 copies. Availability based on publisher status and quantity being ordered.