{"product_id":"9781529176384-auschwitz-photographer","title":"The Auschwitz Photographer","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe powerful true story of Wilhelm Brasse prisoner number 3444\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBased on the powerful true story of Auschwitz prisoner number 3444 Wilhelm  Brasse, whose  photographs helped to expose the atrocities of the  Holocaust.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Horror in sharp focus.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBased on the powerful true story of Auschwitz prisoner number 3444 Wilhelm  Brasse, whose  photographs helped to expose the atrocities of the  Holocaust.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Horror in sharp focus. important, because the world must know.' John Lewis-Stempel, \u003ci\u003eDaily Express\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e__________\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen  Germany invaded Wilhelm Brasse's native Poland in 1939, he was asked to  swear allegiance to Hitler and join the Wehrmacht. He refused. He was  deported to Auschwitz concentration camp as political prisoner number  3444. A trained portrait photographer, he was ordered by the SS to  record the inner workings of the camp. He began by taking identification  photographs of prisoners as they entered the camp, went on to capture  the criminal medical experiments of Josef Mengele, and also recorded  executions. Between 1940 and 1945, Brasse took around 50,000 photographs  of the horror around him. He took them because he had no choice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEventually,  Brasse's conscience wouldn't allow him to hide behind his camera. First  he risked his life by joining the camp's Resistance movement, faking  documents for prisoners, trying to smuggle images to the outside world  to reveal what was happening. Then, when Soviet troops finally advanced  on the camp to liberate it, Brasse refused SS orders to destroy his  photographs. 'Because the world must know,' he said.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor readers of \u003ci\u003eThe Librarian of Auschwitz \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Boy Who Followed His Father into Auschwitz\u003c\/i\u003e, this powerful true story of hope and courage lies at the very centre of Holocaust history.\u003cbr\u003e__________\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A remarkable tale of survival against the odds. an enthralling book.' \u003ci\u003eThe Sydney Morning Herald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Brasse  has left us with a powerful legacy in images. Because of them   we can  see the victims of the Holocaust as human and not statistics.'   Fergal  Keane\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40944695410785,"sku":"9781529176384","price":9.26,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_32414825.jpg?v=1737274950","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781529176384-auschwitz-photographer","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}