The Auschwitz Photographer: The powerful true story of Wilhelm Brasse prisoner number 3444

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The Auschwitz Photographer: The powerful true story of Wilhelm Brasse prisoner number 3444
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Luca Crippa
By (author) Maurizio Onnis
Translated by Jennifer Higgins
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:304
Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 127
Category/GenreMemoirs
True Stories of Heroism, Endurance and Survival
World history
ISBN/Barcode 9781529176384
ClassificationsDewey:940.5318092
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Transworld Publishers Ltd
Imprint Penguin (Transworld)
Publication Date 30 December 2021
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Based on the true story of Wilhelm Brasse, whose photographs exposed the atrocities of the Holocaust and helped to convict the Nazis at Nuremberg. When Germany invaded Wilhelm Brasse's native Poland in 1939, he refused to swear allegiance to The Wehrmacht. He was deported to Auschwitz concentration camp as political prisoner number 3444. A trained portrait photographer, he was ordered by the SS to record the inner workings of the camp. He began by taking identification photographs of prisoners as they entered, went on to capture the criminal medical experiments of Josef Mengele, and also recorded executions. Between 1940 and 1945, Brasse took around 50,000 photographs. He took them because he had no choice. Brasse's conscience wouldn't allow him to hide behind his camera forever. First he risked his life by joining the camp's Resistance movement, faking documents and trying to smuggle images to the outside world to reveal the horror. Then, as Soviet troops advanced on the camp to liberate it, Brasse refused SS orders to destroy his photographs. 'Because the world must know,' he said. For readers of The Librarian of Auschwitz and The Boy Who Followed His Father into Auschwitz, this extraordinary true story of hope and courage lies at the very centre of Holocaust history.

Author Biography

Luca Crippa (Author) Luca Crippa is an expert in theology and philosophy. He has worked as a research professor and editorial consultant for many years. He is the author of a number of history text books and essays, historical novels and documentaries. Maurizio Onnis (Author) Maurizio Onnis has travelled extensively in developing countries and has studied anthropology and history of religions and cultures. He has written historical novels and screenplays.

Reviews

The authors have woven a remarkable tale of survival against all the odds... They have done their research and created an enthralling book that, while telling an almost incredible tale, shows profound respect to the victims of one of history's darkest episodes.-The Sydney Morning Herald