Treblinka / Jean-François Steiner; preface by Simone de Beauvoir; translated from the French by Helen Weaver

Steiner, Jean-François (1938-)

Verlag: London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1967

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Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: xiii, 336 pages; 23 cm. Notes: First published in French as La Ve érite é sur Treblinka: Paris, Fayard, 1966. Contents: Jean-Francois Steiner's book is a terrifying and moving reconstruction of the extraordinary revolt of Jewish prisoners in the notorious Nazi death camp at Treblinka - a singular example of Jewish resistance in the midst of Nazi genocide. Treblinka, in Poland, was one of the camps specially designed by the Nazi 'death technicians' for the mass extermination of Jews. Between July 1942 and July 1943 some 800,000 Jews died in its gas chambers. But on 2 August 1943, one year after the inauguration of the camp, a courageous group of Jewish prisoners, at the cost of terrible renunciation and sacrifice, turned on their executioners, killed them, burned the camp and escaped. Of the 600 who escaped the flaming ruins of Treblinka, only forty were still alive at the end of the war. Jean-Francois Steiner tracked down these survivors to piece together the story of Treblinka and its revolt. By showing how Treblinka did revolt, it makes the world understand for the first time how it was possible that Auschwitz, Belsen, Dachau did not. Subjects: Treblinka (Concentration camp). World War, 1939-1945 Atrocities. World War, 1939-1945 Prisoners and prisons, German.Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Poland. Nazi concentration camps Poland. Jewish Resistance Movements. 1 Kg. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 317276

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Titel: Treblinka / Jean-François Steiner; preface ...

Verlag: London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson

Erscheinungsdatum: 1967

Einband: Hardcover

Auflage: 1st edition.