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Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. 312pp. Binding tight and sturdy, text very good+, boards square. DJ with minor edgewear, now protected in Mylar wraps. NOT ex-lib. Due to the size/weight of this book extra charges may apply for international shipping. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Hardcover. Etat : Very good. Etat de la jaquette : Good. Peter Clemens (Jacket Photograph) (illustrateur). [6], 312, [2] pages. Plans. DJ has small tears and wear. Wies aw Kielar (12 August 1919 - 1 June 1990) was a Polish author, filmmaker, and prisoner in the concentration camp Auschwitz. Kielar was arrested in the beginning of 1940 in Jaros aw and was one of the first prisoners of concentration camp Auschwitz (identification number 290). He spent almost five years in different parts of the complex. He held various positions, including nurse, writer and "prison senior". After the Second World War he went to the National Film School in ód and worked as a filmmaker. About his stay in Auschwitz he wrote the book Anus Mundi: 1,500 Days in Auschwitz/Birkenau. What's appealing about this hell-process â" is it special, can horror be charming? - is the person of the author himself, the skinny blond boy who spent five years in the shadow of death. He was nineteen when he was given the number 290 in Auschwitz, and when he arrived he still asked himself, "Auschwitz? The devil heard about it. And what could a concentration camp look like? I'll find out soon. " As a matter of fact, he could get to know him thoroughly in five years. He learned all the "up-to-date" ins and outs of the art of survival, the exchange value of toothpick, cigarette, potato, and the complete disregard for the value of human life. And Kielar knew all kinds of death before he could know love, life. This black memoir is an underworld travel guide; it lists all the sights of hell and, like all good travel guides, finally conveys a glossary of death, the German language of conversation spoken by both prisoners and captives. The reader is captivated by the author's individual charm and individual vision. And what we have said so many times: Generations born after the age of the death camps can learn from this book a world that is far away, but which advanced humanity will never forget. Presumed First U. S. Edition, First printing.