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| Genre/Form: | Personal narratives, American |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Smith, Marcus J. Harrowing of hell: Dachau. Albuquerque, University of New Mexico Press [1972] (OCoLC)700959108 |
| Named Person: | Marcus J Smith |
| Material Type: | Biography |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Marcus J Smith |
| ISBN: | 0826302645 9780826302649 |
| OCLC Number: | 567003 |
| Notes: | On spine: Dachau: the harrowing of hell. |
| Description: | xl, 291 p. illus. 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Part 1 : The beginning. Back to school -- The dragon's teeth -- Increased resistance -- DP Team 115 -- The journey -- Part 2 : The first camp. The indigenous authority -- The slaves -- The Russians -- Population changes -- Dusty days -- New orders -- Camaraderie -- Part 3 : Dachau : the first week. Liberation -- The inspection -- Priorities -- The famish'd people -- Camp fever -- The IPC, the visitors, and the "pigs" -- The burial detail -- The last days of Dachau -- Dr. Ali Kuci -- Part 4 : Dachau : the turning point. Friction -- Good news and bad news -- Research -- The warehouses -- The rabbits, the plantage, the chapel, and the women -- Complaint department -- Homeward bound -- The townspeople -- Vacation -- Departure -- Afterword -- Appendixes. Loose ends -- The special prisoners -- Postscript : 1972. |
| Other Titles: | Dachau: the harrowing of hell. |
| Responsibility: | [by] Marcus J. Smith. |
Abstract:
A medical officer sent to Dachau in April 1945 to reclaim the lives of more than 32,000 prisoners of whom about 8% were Jews, Dr. Smith draws on letters he wrote to his wife at the time and re-creates his day-to-day experiences to remind a forgetful world of the effects of fascism.
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