This book tells a story to shake the conscience of the world.
It is the catalogue of the first-ever traveling exhibition about the Auschwitz concentration camp, where 1.1 million peoplemostly Jews, but also non-Jewish Poles, Roma, and otherslost their lives.
More than 280 objects and images from the exhibition are illustrated herein. Drawn from the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum and other collections around the world, they range from the intimate (such as victims family snapshots and personal belongings) to the immense (an actual surviving barrack from the Auschwitz IIIMonowitz satellite camp); all are eloquent in their testimony.
An authoritative yet accessible text weaves the stories behind these artifacts into an encompassing history of Auschwitzfrom a Polish town at the crossroads of Europe, to the dark center of the Holocaust, to a powerful site of remembrance.
Auschwitz: Not long ago. Not far away.is an essential volume for everyone who is interested in history and its lessons.
Robert Jan van Pelt is chief curator of the exhibition
Auschwitz: Not Long Ago. Not Far Away. Van Pelt, professor ofcultural history in the School of Architecture at the University of Waterloo, is known internationally as one of the leading authorities on the history and architecture of Auschwitz.
Extensive media coverage expected for this historic exhibition. Additional marketing outreach for catalog to include:Pre-pub promotional materials, including galleys, advance copies, and PDF excerpts Galley and advance mailing to book reviewers Advertising in trade publications and wholesaler catalogs Targeted online advertising campaignThis is the catalog of the first-ever traveling exhibition about the Auschwitz concentration camp, which will attract nationwide media attention. The exhibition opened in Madrid in December 2017, wherlª
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