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

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Luca Crippa Maurizio Onnis

The Auschwitz Photographer

The powerful true story of Wilhelm Brasse prisoner number 3444

Luca Crippa, Maurizio Onnis, Jennifer Higgins

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Transworld
01 February 2022

Autobiography: historical, political & military; Memoirs; True stories of heroism, endurance & survival; History; General & world history

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.

By: Luca Crippa, Maurizio Onnis
Translated by: Jennifer Higgins
Imprint: Transworld
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 194mm, Width: 126mm, Spine: 28mm
Weight: 240g
ISBN: 9781529176384
ISBN 10: 1529176387
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 01 February 2022
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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

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