“Auschwitz. A Monograph of the Human”. Part 8. Fear

The book ‘Auschwitz. A Monograph on the Human’ is the first of its kind in the world to try to depict human emotions within the reality of Auschwitz camp. Its author, Museum Director Dr. Piotr Cywiński, draws on fragments of memoirs and testimonies from more than 450 Survivors. It is the words of these direct witnesses that form the basis of this reflection on the human condition amid the process of dehumanization at the German Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz.
Part 8. Fear
Read by: Grey Stafford
Adaptation for the podcast: Agnieszka Juskowiak-Sawicka
Music: JivexMusic
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Testimonies and memoirs used into the podcast:
Ruth Bindefeld Neray (75912), “To Auschwitz and Back”, p. 1.
Simone Alizon (31776), “L’exercice de vivre”, p. 193.
John Freund (168329), “La fin du printemps”, [n.d. (Canada)], 2009, p. 42.
Mieczysława Chylińska (44685), ‘Działania SS w Brzezince’, p. 157.
Abraham Kajzer (n.n.), „Za drutami śmierci”, p. 45.
Primo Levi (174517), “If This Is a Man”, p. 113.
Tadeusz Niedzielski (423), Account in: Memoirs, vol. 76, p. 119.
Victor Frankl (119104), “Man’s Search For Meaning”, p. 66.
Raphael Esrail (173295), “L’espérance d’un baiser”, pp. 85-86.
Zofia Czerwińska-Kossakiewicz (49973), Account in: Memoirs, vol. 16, p. 38.
Władysław Kowanetz (29638), Account in: Testimonies, vol. 5, p. 666.
Tadeusz Sobolewicz (23053), “But I Survived”, p. 177.
Miklosz Nyiszli (A 8450), “I Was Doctor Mengele’s Assistant”, p. 101.
Jan Kwiatkowski (Z-5573), Account in: Testimonies, vol. 3, p. 400.
Mietek Weintraub (n.n.), “The Arrival”, p. 166.
Ester Tencer (n.n.), Testimonies in the criminal trial of former SS staff [IPN GK 196/110], Chronicles of Terror, vol. 6, p. 210.
Simone Alizon (31776), “L’exercice de vivre”, p. 188.
Edward Ferenc (281), Account in: Testimonies, vol. 21, p. 91.
Stanisław Rubaszewski (83781), Account in: Testimonies, vol. 29, p. 30.
Franciszek Karwacki (14143), Account in: Memoirs, vol. 69, p. 54.
Jakub Wolman (33611), Testimonies in the trial of Rudolf Höss [IPN GK 196/87], Chronicles of Terror, vol. 5, p. 113.
Adam Ziemba (21855), “A Piece of Bread”, p. 66.
Max Eisen (A-9892), “By Chance Alone”, p. 115.
Romana Duracz (43544), in: Przekaz Oświęcimski, p. 43.
Bogusław Dąbrowski (18375), in: Dąbrowski, „Nietypowy więzień”, p. 37.
Anatol Adamczyk (23241), cited in: Ryn, Kłodziński (20019), „Na granicy”, p. 43.
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Illustration: An excerpt from a work by Marian Kołodziej from the series entitled ‘Labyrinths’.