DE DRANCY À AUSCHWITZ
194642926Paris: Editions Du Centre 1946. Illustrated by 12 Plates Mostly Documents. 1st edition. Original printed paper wrappers 8vo 230 pages. Includes 12 plates as well as a map. 23 cm. In French. Title translates as "From Drancy to Auschwitz." Wolff # I: 1545. No. 6 in the "Edudes et monographies" series by the Centre de Documentation Juive Contemporaine. <br> <br> "Georges Wellers French biologist and historian worked for many years at Sorbonne where he held a position of Director of Research Laboratory of Medical Department. In 1941 he was arrested by the Nazis and spent more than three years in nazi concentration camps first in Drancy near Paris then in Auschwitz and Buchenwald. Despite all the deprivations during his captivity Georges lived a long and productive life. He excelled in a prominent scientific career was awarded the Legion of Honor Rosette as its officer was vice-president of the association of nazi-camp survivors of France and was the only French witness at the Eichmann war crime trial in Israel" Goodreads.<br> <br> "The Drancy camp was located in a northeastern suburb of Paris also called Drancy.<br> In August 1941 the Germans established an internment camp at Drancy following the arrest of more than 4200 Jewish men in Paris.<br> Beginning in summer 1942 Drancy became the major transit camp for the deportations of Jews from France. Until July 1943 French police staffed the camp under the overall control of the German Security Police and SD. In July 1943 the Germans took direct control of the Drancy camp and SS officer Alois Brunner became camp commandant.<br> Approximately 70000 prisoners passed through Drancy between August 1941 and August 1944. Except for a small number of prisoners mostly members of the French resistance the overwhelming majority were Jews. Approximately one thousand prisoners managed to obtain release during the first year of the camp’s existence" USHMM. <br> Early material on Drancy is scarce. <br> SUBJECTS: World War 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons German. Guerre mondiale 1939-1945 -- Prisonniers et prisons des Allemands. Holocaust Jewish 1939-1945 -- France -- Personal narratives. Juifs -- Perse´cutions -- France -- 1900-1945. Shoah -- France. Internierungslager Drancy Konzentrationslager Auschwitz. OCLC: 11130195. Wear to spine front hinge repair paper browning but solid. Good Condition. B Holo2-162-29-CC. Editions Du Centre unknown
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