Bibliograph

The Auschwitz photographer, the forgotten story of the WWII prisoner who documented thousands of lost souls, Luca Crippa and Maurizio Onnis ; translated from the Italian by Jennifer Higgins

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The Auschwitz photographer, the forgotten story of the WWII prisoner who documented thousands of lost souls, Luca Crippa and Maurizio Onnis ; translated from the Italian by Jennifer Higgins

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-320)

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contains biographical information

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The Auschwitz photographer

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1204138009

Responsibility statement

Luca Crippa and Maurizio Onnis ; translated from the Italian by Jennifer Higgins

Sub title

the forgotten story of the WWII prisoner who documented thousands of lost souls

Summary

In 1939, after Germany invaded Poland, photographer Wilhelm Brasse was sent to Auschwitz to record the camps atrocities where he faked documents for prisoners and smuggled photos to the outside world, and, when the war ended, refused to destroy his records so we might never forget

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