Stutthof: Life and Death Under The SS

by Andrew Sparke

Two small boys are playing wargames as boys have done since time immemorial. They run towards the camera clutching guns made of wood, their knees grubby beneath the type of clothing in which small boys across Europe were commonly dressed for most of the twentieth century when out of school - shorts and hand-knitted, woollen jumpers. Nothing unusual about that…except that these boys are the two eldest sons of Max Pauly and the backdrop to their game is the Stutthof Concentration Camp where their father is Kommandant. What price innocence now?

The anatomy and inhuman history of the first concentration camp established outside Germany

276 pages, Paperback

Published August 8, 2023

About the author

Lawyer and text-book writer now able to afford to turn to his real love, writing stories. First novel 'Abuse, Cocaine & Soft Furnishings' will be published in October 2013.

Reviews

[Harvey Wood · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the second book about Stutthof that I’ve read since visiting the remains of the camp this past summer. If you’re looking for a book on Stutthof, this is the one to read. It’s informative, well organized and includes just enough pictures to give a better understanding of the people, places and events. It could have used some editing and better proofing, but those are only small distractions from the whole.