Kl Auschwitz Seen by the Ss

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Summary: A different perspective
Review: I actually bought this book while at Auschwitz. It was recommended by our tour guide-one Stanislaw Macksaw-who was a Polish survivor of a German work camp and who lost relatives to both the Germans and the Russians. The book recounts the various perspectives of three SS camp workers; a repentant guard, an unrepentant doctor and the fairly straightforward account of the camp commandant while he was awaiting execution, who looks to neither repent or gloat but to leave a record of his actions for history to judge. Different motives drove each to write his particular section and each gives the reader some insight into the mind of the Allegemeine SS. The camp commandant's piece reads like a bureaucrat's account of his seemingly mundane job, leaving the reader with little insight into the evil which was served. The guard seeks to expiate some of his guilt for the crimes which he was a part of, while the doctor revels in the wickedness of which he was a part without acknowledging any guilt. A good book for those with an interest in the Holocaust or World War II history.