The Theory and Practice of Hell

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"By the spring of 1945, the Second World War was drawing to a close in Europe. Allied troops were sweeping through Nazi Germany and discovering the atrocities of SS concentration camps. The first to be reached intact was Buchenwald, in central Germany. American soldiers struggled to make sense of the shocking scenes they witnessed inside. They asked a small group of former inmates to draft a report on the camp. It was led by Eugen Kogon, a German political prisoner who had been an inmate since 1939.The Theory and Practice of Hell is his classic account of life inside"--Cover, p. 4.

subjects: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei,  Concentration camps,  Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei. Schutzstaffel,  Nazi concentration camps,  Drittes Reich,  Geschichte,  Konzentrationslager,  Schutzstaffel,  Waffen-SS,  World War, 1939-1945,  National socialism,  Politics and government,  Buchenwald (Concentration camp),  Political atrocities,  Political prisoners,  Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945),  Management,  Concentration camp inmates,  Nationalsozialistische deutsche arbeiter-partei, schutzstaffel,  World war, 1939-1945, germany,  Hell,  Nationalsozialistiche Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei. Schutzstaffel,  German Prisoners and prisons

Places: Germany

Times: 1933-1945,  20th century