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Images of War
Auschwitz
Eén beeld zegt meer dan duizend woorden, zo luidt het gezegde. Dat geldt zeker voor foto's uit de Tweede Wereldoorlog, de oorlog waarin de fotografie hoogtij vierde. In de prachtige serie Oorlog in foto's is per thema een groot aantal van de fraaiste en meest sprekende beelden gebundeld. 'Oorlog in foto's: Auschwitz' is het nieuwste deel in deze serie. In concentratiekamp Auschwitz-Birkenau vond de grootste massamoord in de geschiedenis plaats. Meer dan een miljoen voornamelijk joodse mannen, vrouwen en kinderen werden er vermoord in de beruchte gaskamers. Talloze anderen lieten er het leven als gevolg van ziektes, uithongering en onmenselijk zware arbeid. Tevens werden er gevaarlijke, vaak dodelijke medische experimenten uitgevoerd met de gevangenen. 'Oorlog in foto's: Auschwitz' is een aangrijpend, eerlijk fotoverslag van deze zwarte bladzijde in onze geschiedenis. Met meer dan 250 foto's, gedetailleerde bijschriften en historische achtergrondinformatie, wordt erin beschreven hoe Auschwitz transformeerde: van het werkkamp dat het aanvankelijk was, tot een gruwelijke moordfabriek. De foto's laten zien hoe mensen leefden, werkten en stierven in Auschwitz. Tevens wordt beschreven hoe en door wie deze verschrikkelijke plannen werden bedacht en uitgevoerd. 'Oorlog in foto's: Auschwitz' is het schokkende bewijs van de vreselijke terreur die de nazi's pleegden, waarvan onschuldige mannen, vrouwen en kinderen het slachtoffer zijn geworden. Zulk groot kwaad mag nooit vergeten worden, opdat het nooit weer plaatsvindt.
128 pages, Paperback
First published March 1, 2010
About the author
Ian Baxter
134 books20 followersIan Baxter is a military historian who specializes in German twentieth-century military history. He has written more than forty books and over 100 articles about the World War II era.
He has reviewed numerous military studies for publication and supplied thousands of photographs and important documents to various publishers and film production companies worldwide.
He has reviewed numerous military studies for publication and supplied thousands of photographs and important documents to various publishers and film production companies worldwide.
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April 12, 2017
مجموعه ای است از عکس های سیاه و سفید - قریب 250 عکس - به همراه نوشتاری پیرامون چگونگی تحول اردوگاه آوش ویتس-بیرکه نآو از آغاز تا ورود نیروهای شوروی. عکس ها لزوما ارتباطی با متن ندارند
به نظرم کتاب متوسطی است - مخصوصا برای امثال من که نسخه ی الکترونیکی اسکن شده را خوانده و تصاویر را با کیفیت معمولی دیده اند. سوای کیفیت، تصاویر کتاب اغلب از جزئیاتی هستند که حداقل برای من جذابیتی ندارد - مثلا بناها، افسرهای نازی، و امثالهم
متن کتاب هم کشکولی است از اطلاعات. البته کلیت متن هدفی واحد را پی می گیرد: نشان دادن تحول آوش ویتس از اردوگاه کار اجباری در آغاز به اردوگاه کشتار در ابعاد صنعتی در پایان. اما آنقدر جای خالی در اطلاعات هست که نمی شود متنش را نوشته ی جالبی به حساب آورد. در ضمن نویسنده از جدول و نمودار استفاده نکرده و این در مباحث مربوط به آمار و ارقام واقعا کار را سخت می کند
October 31, 2010
Spelling mistakes, grammatical errors, repeated photos and captions and general inconsistency dogged this book. With over 250 photos, a lot of them from the recently released Auschwitz Album and previously unreleased, this book is still worth a look. But, for an excellent history of Auschwitz read Laurence Rees' book of the same name.
January 25, 2018
Horrifying for what it is, a fact based photo filled look at Auschwitz. The book gives great details into the history of the death camp and the systematic way that the Nazis went about murdering so many people, including their test runs, the gas, how they designed the gas chambers and the ovens, the back up pits they had to use when the ovens couldn't keep up, all the horrible details. Horrifying also were the historic photos of the victims, taken by the Nazis, waiting their turn for what they thought was just a selection for a shower. I stared for a long time at the faces of these women, children and men who were murdered in cold blood shortly after their photos were taken. The world must always remember what happened here, what atrocity was perpetrated here, so that it may never happen again.
January 16, 2021
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I knew when I started reading this book that some of the images would be heartbreaking and I was not wrong.
In the book you look at the images of the people as they arrived on the trains at the camp and disembark on to the platforms before they were selected and split from their families. They did not know what would happen to them or their fates and it is harrowing now to look at them, some of them smiling and with them not knowing what would most likely be in store for the many.
The book is well written and it tells the story of the camp from its origins through to its expansion and ultimately into the Death Camp that it is best known for today. The topic does well in this book as the author lets the photographs tell the story.
The chapters are well laid out and I liked that you could see the progression and the contrast too between the SS guards and those within the camp. It was not only the photos of the dead and dying that affected me in these books, it is the lack of compassion and the state that the Russians found the camp when they arrived with poor souls and bodies just littering the ground like waste, it is just tragic and I have no words.
This was a book that will stay with me for a long time and I am glad that I read it, for me it is necessary reading and something we should never forget happened and it is a book that I would recommend too – it is 4 stars from me for this one - highly recommended!
I knew when I started reading this book that some of the images would be heartbreaking and I was not wrong.
In the book you look at the images of the people as they arrived on the trains at the camp and disembark on to the platforms before they were selected and split from their families. They did not know what would happen to them or their fates and it is harrowing now to look at them, some of them smiling and with them not knowing what would most likely be in store for the many.
The book is well written and it tells the story of the camp from its origins through to its expansion and ultimately into the Death Camp that it is best known for today. The topic does well in this book as the author lets the photographs tell the story.
The chapters are well laid out and I liked that you could see the progression and the contrast too between the SS guards and those within the camp. It was not only the photos of the dead and dying that affected me in these books, it is the lack of compassion and the state that the Russians found the camp when they arrived with poor souls and bodies just littering the ground like waste, it is just tragic and I have no words.
This was a book that will stay with me for a long time and I am glad that I read it, for me it is necessary reading and something we should never forget happened and it is a book that I would recommend too – it is 4 stars from me for this one - highly recommended!
March 31, 2025
Rare woordafbrekingen, tekstfouten, krakkemikkige vertaling, herhaalde foto's en onderschriften. Toch is dit boek de moeite waard door de bijzondere foto's. Gruwelijk. Opdat wij niet vergeten.
January 17, 2020
Not only does Baxter show the reader exclusive photos from private collections from various sources, he gives a brief history of the camp in four chapters, from its beginnings through to its end in January 1945.
The Images of War series are the best in my opinion, to show what life was actually like during the conflict. People say that photos are the best way of understanding, as a photo can tell a thousand stories, where as a paragraph tells what it tells.
The Images of War series are the best in my opinion, to show what life was actually like during the conflict. People say that photos are the best way of understanding, as a photo can tell a thousand stories, where as a paragraph tells what it tells.
September 19, 2024
Many, many grammar mistakes, the redaction of the volume is poor, and not at the quality I saw for other works of Ian Baxter at Pen and Sword.
Interesting lecture and pictures but the books is very poorly presented...
There is a lot of work of Ian Baxter behind which could be appreciated even more if the quality of the print was better.
Interesting lecture and pictures but the books is very poorly presented...
There is a lot of work of Ian Baxter behind which could be appreciated even more if the quality of the print was better.
January 30, 2018
De vertaling gelezen. Buiten de hier en daar wat taalfouten of rare zin en alinea constructies is het boek goed te begrijpen. In het kort geeft het weer het verhaal over Auschwitz. De foto's laten veel meer zien. Heen boek is nooit compleet, maar het geeft een unieke weergave van het kamp.
June 19, 2019
A good book to start to learn something about the Auschwitz camps. The texts are limited and are wel-supported by many images. Some pictures are a bit vague, although their quality is better in other books.
September 22, 2021
How ugly man can be!
A concise account of the unimaginable cruelty of man. Mass murder enabled by one evil man, facilitated by other evil men. Justification for WWII. NEVER AGAIN!
A concise account of the unimaginable cruelty of man. Mass murder enabled by one evil man, facilitated by other evil men. Justification for WWII. NEVER AGAIN!
March 7, 2025
4.25⭐️
February 5, 2023
You never really know the horror of what they did until you see the proof. However, most of the photographs do not show the horrific scenes after the USSR liberated the camp, but the ones they show will remind you that this should never happen again.
March 26, 2012
Good book. It didn't add anything new but it was, well, just average.
December 8, 2016
Good photographs but the captions and text were repetitive and needed a proofreader.
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