theory and practice of hell: The German concentration camps and the system behind them
[nb-NO]Title[nb-NO]The theory and practice of hell: The German concentration camps and the system behind them
[nb-NO]Author[nb-NO]
Call number940.547243/0002
[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]00795
[nb-NO]Place of publication[nb-NO]New York, New York, United States
[nb-NO]Publisher[nb-NO]Berkley Books
[nb-NO]Year of publication[nb-NO]
1980
[nb-NO]Pagination[nb-NO]333p.
[nb-NO]Material[nb-NO]Book
[nb-NO]ISBN[nb-NO]0425077616
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]
This is a detailed, analytical description of the concentration camp system - its organization, structure, and function - and its relation to the SS state. Using Buchenwald, where he was a political prisoner from 1939-1945 as an example, Kogon generalizes about all the camps.