In Auschwitz, Laurence Rees reveals new insights from more than 100 original interviews with Auschwitz survivors and Nazi perpetrators who speak on the record for the first time. Mengele left Auschwitz on 17 January 1945, shortly before the arrival of the liberating Red Army troops. Images of the camps, ghettos, prisoners, and staff provide rare visuals. In Auschwitz , Laurence Rees reveals new insights from more than 100 original interviews with Auschwitz survivors and Nazi perpetrators who speak on the record for the first time. Product Information. Historians and college students with an interest in the Holocaust will find value in the firsthand accounts. Laurence Rees' Auschwitz: A New History provides details about the inner workings of the camp: techniques of mass murder, the politics, the gossip mill ⦠A Short History Of Auschwitz In this short book, Sybille Steinbacher, Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Modern and Contemporary History at Ruhr University, gives a compelling account of Auschwitz. Yet its story is not fully known. Auschwitz: A New History is a compelling book and an important addition to Holocaust literature. Yet its story is not fully known. Auschwitz-Birkenau is the site of the largest mass murder in human history. Editor for the BBC. Auschwitz-Birkenau is the site of the largest mass murder in human history. Yet its story is not fully known. Auschwitz-Birkenau is the site of the largest mass murder in human history. Yet its story is not fully known. Assisted by a network of former SS members, Mengele sailed to Argentina in July 1949. Professor Steinbacher, and her able translator, Shaun Whiteside, writes in a concise, stark, understated, and eloquent way. Yet its story is not fully known. Today, Auschwitz is open to the public as the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum. Auschwitz-Birkenau is the site of the largest mass murder in human history. Author's Purpose Rees wrote Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for AUSCHWITZ: A NEW HISTORY By Laurence Rees - Hardcover **Mint Condition** at the best online prices at ⦠Auschwitz-Birkenau is the site of the largest mass murder in human history. Author Laurence Rees Born in 1957 Went to the University of Oxford Has written several books such as The Dark Charisma of Adolf Hitler and The Nazis: A Warning from History Numerous awards for his writings about WWII and Hitler. It tells the story of the largest mass murder site in history and acts as ⦠In Auschwitz, Laurence Rees reveals new insights from more than 100 original interviews with Auschwitz survivors and Nazi perpetrators who speak on the record for the first time. Maximilian Maria Kolbe (born Rajmund Kolbe; Polish: Maksymilian Maria Kolbe [maksɨËmʲilʲan Ëmarʲja ËkÉlbÉ]; 8 January 1894 â 14 August 1941), venerated as Saint Maximilian Kolbe, was a Polish Catholic priest and Conventual Franciscan friar who volunteered to die in place of a stranger in the German death camp of Auschwitz, located in German-occupied Poland during World War II.