The Theory and Practice of Hell: The German Concentration Camps and the System Behind Them (English and German Edition) - Hardcover

Kogon, Eugen

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9780374946104: The Theory and Practice of Hell: The German Concentration Camps and the System Behind Them (English and German Edition)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0374946108 ISBN 13: 9780374946104
Publisher: Octagon Books, 1949

Synopsis

Kogon's report to the Allied liberation forces describes the purpose, character, administration, and human impact of German detention camps

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About the Author

Nikolaus Wachsmann is a professor of Modern German History at the University of London and the author of Hitler's Prisons: Legal Terror in Nazi Germany.

Dr. Eugen Kogon was a political prisoner at Buchenwald from September 1939 to April 1945. After the war, he wrote "The Theory and Practice of Hell."

Language Notes

Text: English, German (translation)

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Publisher
Octagon Books
Publication date
1949
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0374946108
ISBN 13 
9780374946104
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
307
Rating
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