Norbert Frei

Standort- u.Kommandanturbefehle des KZs Norbert Frei

Publisher Marketing: This volume documents the internal orders given by SS camp commanders to the guards of Auschwitz. Issued as hectographs, very few orders survived, scattered through German, Polish and Russian archives and have been largely disregarded by researchers until now. However, the sheer abundance of detail they offer renders them both an impressive witness to 'every day life' of the SS at the very scene of mass extermination and a significant source for the history of the Holocaust. Contributor Bio:  Frei, Norbert Frei is professor of modern history at Ruhr-University Bochum. Contributor Bio:  Steinbacher, Sybille Sybille Steinbacher is assistant professor in the Faculty of Modern and Contemporary History at the Ruhr University, Bochum. During 2004-5 she was a visiting fellow for European studies at Harvard University. She lives in Germany.