Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library

The Auschwitz photographer, the forgotten story of the WWII prisoner who documented thousands of lost souls, Luca Crippa and Maurizio Onnis

eng

Includes bibliographical references

contains biographical information

no index present

non fiction

The Auschwitz photographer

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1236898480

Luca Crippa and Maurizio Onnis

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

"Wilhelm Brasse: "I looked death in the eyes. I did it fifty thousand times..." When Germany invaded Poland in 1939, photographer Wilhelm Brasse was sent to Auschwitz. His inability to condone the Third Reich and swear allegiance to Hitler landed him at one of the deadliest concentration camps of WWII. There, he was forced to record the camp's atrocities. From 1940-1945, Brasse took more than 50,000 photos of the nightmare that surrounded him. Brasse's role earned him Nazi favor, but he couldn't bear to hide behind his camera. He resisted, faking documents for prisoners and smuggling photos to the outside world. When the war ended, he refused orders to destroy his records. Many of the people that appeared in Brasse's photos perished, but he wouldn't discard the memories of who they were. A hauntingly true story of a man who made sure the world couldn't turn a blind eye to the Holocaust, The Auschwitz Photographer honors Wilhelm Brasse, the photographer who immortalized the horrific atrocities we should, and must, never forget"--, Provided by publisher

Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Prologue -- Part One -- 1 -- 2 -- 3 -- 4 -- 5 -- 6 -- 7 -- 8 -- Part Two -- 9 -- 10 -- 11 -- 12 -- 13 -- 14 -- 15 -- 16 -- 17 -- 18 -- 19 -- 20 -- 21 -- 22 -- 23 -- Part Three -- 24 -- 25 -- 26 -- 27 -- 28 -- 29 -- 30 -- 31 -- Epilogue -- A True Story -- A Note on the Text -- Reading Group Guide -- Picture Acknowledgments -- About the Authors and Translat -- Back Cover