On Auschwitz

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. In the podcast, we present ten chapters of this unique story about humanity facing the most extreme test.

Part 10. Hope

Read by: Grey Stafford

Adaptation for the podcast: Agnieszka Juskowiak-Sawicka

Music: JivexMusic

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Testimonies and memoirs used into the podcast:

Halina Birenbaum (48693), “Hope Is the Last to Die”, p. 114.

Victor Frankl (119104), “Man’s Search For Meaning”, p. 82.

Eugenia Kaczyńska (45887), in: „Byłem numerem”, p. 132.

Hermann Langbein (60355), “People in Auschwitz”, p. 91.

Samuel Althaus (73538), “Where is God?”, p. 74.

Raphael Esrail (173295), “L’espérance d’un baiser”, p. 146.

Dora Goland-Blaufoux (80593), “Un présent qui s’accroche a moi”, p. 94.

Andre Balbin (41796), “De Lodz a Auschwitz en passant par la Lorraine”, p. 67.

Bolesław Dziewięcki (125546), „Z dna piekła”, p. 43.

Shari Lebovitz (39439), [“Shari: A True Story”], p. 93.

Shlomo Venezia (182727), “Inside the Gas Chambers”, p. 104.

Victor Frankl (119104), “Man’s Search For Meaning”, p. 78.

Charlotte Delbo (31661), “None of Us Will Return”, p. 99.

Liliane Badour (75127), in: “Esrail, L’espérance d’un baiser”, p. 103.

Halina Birenbaum (48693), “Hope Is the Last to Die”, p. 119.

Liana Millu (A-5384), “Smoke Over Birkenau”, p. 148.

Rudolf Diem (10023), Account in: Memoirs, vol. 172, pp. 48-49.

Krystyna Żywulska (55908), “I Survived Auschwitz”, p. 90.

Natan Żelechower (127262), Account in: Memoirs, vol. 83, p. 66.

Leon Weintraub (n.n.), “The Arrival”, p. 170.

Maria Dziurdzia (7408), Account in: Testimonies, vol. 36, p. 93.

Simone Alizon (31776), “L’exercice de vivre”, p. 210.

Primo Levi (174517), “If This Is a Man”, p. 73.

Jerzy Brandhuber (87112), Account in: Testimonies, vol. 78, p. 226.

Zofia Kossak (64491), „Z otchłani”, pp. 211-212.

Jadwiga Apostoł-Staniszewska (26273), „Echa okupacyjnych lat”, p. 280.

Primo Levi (174517), “If This Is a Man”, p. 33.

Victor Frankel (161040), “I Survived Hell”, pp. 112-113.

Janina Sarnowska (29860), Account in Testimonies, vol. 35, p. 105.

Wacław Maliszewski (59195), Account in: Testimonies, vol. 16, pp. 69-70.

Krystyna Żywulska (55908), “I Survived Auschwitz”, p. 221 .

Jerzy Skotnicki (125762), Testimonies in the criminal trial of former SS staff [IPN GK 196/89], in: Chronicles of Terror, t. 5, p. 78.

Anna Kowalczykowa (27658), Account in: Testimonies, vol. 19, p. 67.

Lusia Haberfeld (48703), “Lauferin. The Runner of Birkenau” (Victoria, 2002), p. 51.

Raya Kagan (7984), “Des femmes au bureau de l’enfer”, p. 80.

Krystyna Żywulska (55908), „I Survived Auschwitz”, p. 106.

Zofia Kossak (64491), „Z otchłani”, p. 245.

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Illustration: An excerpt from a work by Marian Kołodziej from the series entitled ‘Labyrinths’.

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 9. Suicide

Read by: Grey Stafford

Adaptation for the podcast: Agnieszka Juskowiak-Sawicka

Music: JivexMusic

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Testimonies and memories used into the podcast:

Hadassah Rosensaft (52406), “Yesterday”, p. 39.

Victor Frankl (119104), “Man’s Search For Meaning”, p. 31.

Szymon Laks (49543), “Music of Another World”, pp. 18-19.

Dawid Wisnia (83526), “One Voice, Two Lives”, pp. 42-43.

Jan Marszałek (18857), cited in: Ryn, Kłodziński (20019), „Śmierć”, p. 63.

Charles Liblau (n.n.), “Les kapos d’Auschwitz”, p. 27

Leon Arditti (169738), “Vouloir vivre”, p. 85.

Jakub Wolman (33611), Testimonies in the trial of Rudolf Höss [IPN GK 196/87], in: Chronicles of Terror, vol. 5, p. 116.

Dov Paisikovic (A-3076), Account in: Testimonies, vol. 44, p. 105.

Miriam Harel (n.n.), „Teraz już możesz płakać”, pp. 126-127.

Bohumil Pohl (25632), Account in: Testimonies, vol. 78, p. 179.

Kitty Hart (39934), “I Am Alive”, p. 66.

Ruth Elias (73643), “Triumph of Hope”, p. 112.

Maria Żumańska (29940), Account in: Testimonies, vol. 4, p. 426.

Ernst Toch (70231), Account in: Testimonies, vol. 9, p. 1288.

Jerzy Tabeau (27273), Report in: ‘Raporty uciekinierów z KL Auschwitz’, p. 95.

Miklosz Nyiszli (A 8450), “I Was Doctor Mengele’s Assistant”, p. 54.

Elżbieta Wawrzyczek (33324), Account in: Testimonies, vol. 21, p. 9.

Avram Harshalom (99288), “Alive From the Ashes”, p. 83.

Raya Kagan (7984), “Des femmes au bureau de l’enfer”, p. 95.

Szymon Laks (49543), “Music of Another World”, p. 47.

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Illustration: An excerpt from a work by Marian Kołodziej from the series entitled ‘Labyrinths’.

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’.

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 7. Laugh and Joy

Read by: Grey Stafford

Adaptation for the podcast: Agnieszka Juskowiak-Sawicka

Music: JivexMusic

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Testimonies and memoirs used into the podcast:

Jerzy Brandhuber (87122), Account in: Testimonies, vol. 76, p. 141.

Victor Frankl (119104), “Man’s Search For Meaning”, p. 54.

Engelbert Fajkosz (37629), „Byłem numerem 37629”, p. 157.

Adolf Gawalewicz (9225), „Reflections”, p. 70-71.

Abraham Kajzer (n.n.), „Za drutami śmierci”, pp. 32-33.

Pierre Berg (172649), “Scheisshaus Luck”, p. 120.

Edwin Kuffel (2237), Account in: Testimonies, vol. 29, p. 99.

Victor Frankl (119104), “Man’s Search For Meaning”, pp. 51.

Zofia Kossak (64491), “Z otchłani”, p. 249.

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Illustration: An excerpt from a work by Marian Kołodziej from the series entitled ‘Labyrinths’.

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. In the podcast, we present ten chapters of this unique story about humanity facing the most extreme test.

Part 6. Births

Read by: Grey Stafford

Adaptation for the podcast: Agnieszka Juskowiak-Sawicka

Music: JivexMusic

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Testimonies and memoirs used into the podcast:

Wanda Urbańska (45811), Account in: Testimonies, vol. 72, p. 32.

Stefania Sikorska (32354), Account in: Testimonies, vol. 33, p. 34.

Janina Kowalczyk (32212), Testimonies in the criminal trial of former SS staff [IPN GK 196/161], Chronicles of Terror, vol. 6, p. 177.

Maria Ślisz-Oyrzyńska (40275), in: Ryn, Kłodziński (20019), „Śmierć”, s. 79.

Stanisława Leszczyńska (41335), Account in: Memoirs, vol. 10, p. 3.

Danuta Drzazga (26275), Account in: Testimonies, vol. 33, pp. 75-76.

Genowefa Pilecka (PH nn, 79435), Account in: Testimonies, vol. 16, p. 47.

Zofia Kalmus (83887), Testimonies in the criminal trial of former SS staff [IPN GK 196/110], Chronicles of Terror, vol. 6, pp. 255-256.

Alina Bacall-Zwirn (476490), “No Common Place” (Lincoln: University of Nebraska, 2000), pp. 73-74.

Charlotte Zucker (75140), “Les balcons fleuris d’Auschwitz” (Champrond en Gâtine: Colombier, 2000), p. 247.

Stefania Rojek (26817), Account in: Testimonies, vol. 32, pp. 20-21.

Bartnikowski (192731), “Childhood Behind Barbed Wire”, p. 136.

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Illustration: An excerpt from a work by Marian Kołodziej from the series entitled ‘Labyrinths’.

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 5. Friendship

Read by: Grey Stafford

Adaptation for the podcast: Agnieszka Juskowiak-Sawicka

Music: JivexMusic

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Testimonies and memories used into the podcast:

Jadwiga Apostoł-Staniszewska (26273), „Echa okupacyjnych lat”, p. 315.

Jan Marszałek (18857), cited in: Ryn, Kłodziński (20019), „Śmierć”, p. 63.

Maxime Antelin (145808), “Chronique maladroite d’un candide”, p. 43.

Suzan Cernyak-Spatz (34042), “Protective Custody”, p. 160.

Miklosz Nyiszli (A 8450), “I Was Doctor Mengele’s Assistant”, p. 78.

Ratya Kagan (7984), “Des femmes au bureau de l’enfer”, p. 295.

Adam Ziemba (21855), “A Piece of Bread”, p. 7.

Wanda Brzosko (64404), Account in: Memoirs, vol. 71, p. 21.

Jerzy Pozimski (1099), Account in: Memoirs, vol. 52, p. 176.

Jakub Wolman (33611), Testimonies in the trial of Rudolf Höss [IPN GK 196/87]:

Chronicles of Terror, vol. 5, p. 113.

Olga Lengyel (25403), “Five Chimneys”, p. 40.

Pelagia Lewińska (32292), “Oświęcim”, p. 29.

Primo Levi (174517), “If This Is a Man”, p. 33.

Zofia Kossak (64491), “Z otchłani”, p. 90.

Heinz Salvator Kounio (109565), “A Liter of Soup and Sixty Grams of Bread. The Diary of Prisoner Number 109565” (New York: Bloch Publishing, 2003), pp. 54-55.

Ajzyk Szwarc (92811), Account in: Testimonies, vol. 33, p. 103.

Max Eisen (A-9892), “By Chance Alone”, pp. 87-88.

Abraham Kajzer (n.n.), „Za drutami śmierci”, p. 35.

Władysław Bartoszewski (4427), “Mój Auschwitz”, p. 27.

Paula Gruber-Herszkopf (n.n.), “Lasting Pain”, p. 117.

Shlomo Venezia (182727), “Inside the Gas Chambers”, p. 101.

Ibid., p. 100.

Zofia Posmysz (7566), „Królestwo za mgłą”, p. 102.

Ryszard Friedman (B-4112), „Jeden spośród wielu” (Kraków: Znak, 2017), p. 183-184.

Zofia Kossak (64491), „Z otchłani”, p. 88.

Zofia Czerwińska-Kossakiewicz (49973), Account in: Memoirs, vol. 16, p. 46.

Halina Birenbaum (48693), “Hope Is the Last to Die”, pp. 147-148.

Victor Frankl (119104), “Man’s Search For Meaning”, p. 18.

Roch Wystrach (10241), cited in: Jagoda, Kłodziński (20019), Masłowski, “Przyjaźnie oświęcimskie,” p. 67.

Józefa Szkodzińska (32293), cited in: Jagoda, Kłodziński (20019), Masłowski, “Przyjaźnie oświęcimskie,” p. 43.

Jerzy Brandhuber (87122), Account in: Testimonies, vol. 76, p. 151.

Maurice Cling (A-5151), „Wy, co wchodzicie tutaj”, p. 86.

Henryk Jaworski (31071), Account in: Testimonies, vol. 13, p. 87.

Ludwik Rajewski (4217), Account in: Testimonies, vol. 21, p. 107.

Raphael Esrail (173295), “L’espérance d’un baiser”, p. 133.

Bożena Krzywobłocka (83264), Account in: Testimonies, vol. 15, p. 84.

Aleksander Giermański (716), Account in: Testimonies, vol. 74, p. 200.

Tadeusz Żaboklicki (21668), Account in: Testimonies, vol. 78, s. 146. The Kommando referred to here was the carpenters’ Kommando.

Michał Ziółkowski (1055), “Byłem od początku w Auschwitz”, p. 29.

Eva Libitzky (n.n.), “Out on a Ledge” (River Forest: Wicker Park Press, 2010), p. 114.

Hart-Moxon (39934), “Return to Auschwitz”, pp. 79-80.

Zofia Kossak (64491), „Z otchłani”, p. 89.

Ryszard Friedman (A-26615), „Daleka droga do domu”, p. 80.

Pelagia Lewińska (32292), “Oświęcim”, p. 34.

Józef Polak (3288), Account in: Testimonies, vol. 12a, p. 186.

Bolesław Dziewięcki (125546), „Z dna piekła”, p. 50.

Antoni Golemo (9256), cited in: Jagoda, Kłodziński (20019), Masłowski, “Przyjaźnie oświęcimskie,” pp. 42-43.

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Illustration: An excerpt from a work by Marian Kołodziej from the series entitled ‘Labyrinths’.

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 4. Emotions and numbness

Read by: Grey Stafford

Adaptation for the podcast: Agnieszka Juskowiak-Sawicka

Music: JivexMusic

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Testimonies and memoirs used into the podcast:

Victor Frankl (119104), “Man’s Search For Meaning”, p. 30.

Paula Gruber-Herszkopf (n.n.), “Lasting Pain”, p. 123.

Krystyna Żywulska (55908), “I Survived Auschwitz”, p. 128.

Nate Leipciger (133628), “The Weight of Freedom”, p. 79.

Konrad Szweda (7669), Account in: Testimonies, vol. 32, p. 83.

Simone Alizon (31776), “L’exercice de vivre”, p. 181.

Stanisław Sattler (68652), “Prisoner of 68 Months”, pp. 100-101.

Anna Kowalczykowa (27658), Account in: Testimonies, vol. 19, p. 66.

Kazimierz Smoleń (1327), Account in: Testimonies, vol. 75, pp. 173-174.

Shaul Chasan (182527), Interview in: Greif, We Wept Without Tears, p. 273.

Leon Cohen (182492), Interview in: Greif, We Wept Without Tears, p. 305.

Adolf Gawalewicz (9225), “Reflections”, p. 51.

Witold Pilecki (4859), “Witold’s Report From Auschwitz”, p. 27.

Victor Frankl (119104), “Man’s Search For Meaning”, p. 33.

Ibid., p. 40.

Zofia Kossak (64491), „Z otchłani”, p. 86.

Peter Ornstein (174440), [Surviving Auschwitz and a Death March], USHMM Collection, 2009.336, p. 12.

Roman Taul (1108), Account in: Memoirs, vol. 62, p. 36.

Adam Ziemba (21855), “A Piece of Bread”, p. 65-66.

Tadeusz Niedzielski (423), Account in: Memoirs, vol. 76, p. 26.

Victor Frankl (119104), “Man’s Search For Meaning”, p. 34.

Stanisław Tyblewski (9605), Account in: Memoirs, vol. 68, p. 105.

Naparstek (65710), “J’ai vécu l’extermination des Juifs d’Europe au “Canada,” “p. 94.

Bogusław Dąbrowski (18375), in: Dąbrowski, „Nietypowy więzień”, p. 12.

Errikos Sevillias (182699), “Athens – Auschwitz”, p. 39.

Adolf Gawalewicz (9225), “Reflections”, p. 78.

Czesław Jaworski (31070), Account in: Memoirs, vol. 4, p. 170.

Edward Halek (39676), Account in: Testimonies, vol. 78, p. 35.

Konstanty Piekarski (4618), “Escaping Hell”, p. 98.

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Illustration: An excerpt from a work by Marian Kołodziej from the series entitled ‘Labyrinths’.

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 3. Inner Life

Read by: Grey Stafford

Adaptation for the podcast: Agnieszka Juskowiak-Sawicka

Music: JivexMusic

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Testimonies and memoirs used into the podcast:

Zofia Kossak (64491), “Z otchłani”, p. 79.

Bogdan Bartnikowski (192731), “Childhood Behind Barbed Wire”, p. 86.

Victor Frankl (119104), “Man’s Search For Meaning”, p. 50.

Gerta Solan (A-27635), “ My Heart is at Ease”, p. 29.

Mieczysława Chylińska (44658), “Kobiety w Oświęcimiu-Brzezince,” Przegląd Lekarski – Oświęcim (1988) p. 157.

Primo Levi (174517), “If This Is a Man”, p. 113.

Camille Touboul (72420), “Le plus long des chemins”, p. 67.

Charlotte Delbo (31661), “None of Us Will Return”, p. 67.

Paula Gruber-Herszkopf (n.n.), “Lasting Pain. Memories of My Life”, trans. Yvette Joy

Blog (Create Space-Assigned 2013), p. 111.

Halina Birenbaum (48693), “Hope Is the Last to Die”, p. 173

Primo Levi (174517), “If This Is a Man”, p. 52.

Jerzy Brandhuber (87112), Account in: Memoirs, vol. 7, p. 61.

Liliane Badour (75127), in: Esrail, “L’espérance d’un baiser”, p. 104.

Léon Arditti (169738), “Vouloir vivre. Deux freres a Auschwitz” (Paris: Editions L’Harmattan, 1995), p. 67.

Anna Molnar Hegedűs (n.n.), “As the Lilacs Bloomed”, p. 64

David Wisnia (83526), “One Voice, Two Lives”, p. 43.

Maurice Cling (A-5151), „Wy, co wchodzicie tutaj”, p. 91.

Zofia Kossak (64491), „Z otchłani”, p. 78.

Dawid Pankowski (46333), „Z Auszwicu do Belsen”, p. 24.

Romana Duracz (43544), in: „Przekaz Oświęcimski”, p. 21.

Stefan Budziaszek (20526), Account in: Testimonies, vol. 88a, p. 28.

Maria Ślisz-Oyrzyńska (40275), cited in: Ryn, Kłodziński (20019), „Śmierć”, p. 73.

Mieczysława Chylińska (44658), cited in: Ryn, Kłodziński (20019), „Śmierć”, p. 74.

Eva Schloss (A-5272), “Eva’s Story” (London: Evelyn Kent Associates, 2008), p. 138.

Alojzy Fros (136223), cited in: Ryn, Kłodziński (20019), “Śmierć”, p. 74.

Willy Berler (117476), “Journey Through Darkness” (London: Vallentine Mitchell, 2004), p. 63.

Tadeusz Sobolewicz (23053), „But I Survived”, p. 174.

Kazimierz Piechowski (918), „Byłem numerem”, p. 46.

Ibid., p. 47.

Zofia Posmysz (7566), „Królestwo za mgłą”, p. 366.

Primo Levi (174517), “If This Is a Man”, p. 41.

Gracjan Fijałkowski (137632), “Odwszenie w Birkenau. BIId,” Zeszyty Oświęcimskie, No. 8 (1964), p. 72.

Maria Jezierska (24449), Account in: Memoirs, vol. 2, p. 404.

Mira Paszkiewicz (84722), Account in: Memoirs, vol. 1, p. 140.

August Kowalczyk (6804), “A Barbed Wire Refrain II”, p. 10.

Miklosz Nyiszli (A 8450), “I Was Doctor Mengele’s Assistant”, p. 52.

Victor Frankl (119104), “Man’s Search For Meaning”, p. 40-41.

Raphael Esrail (173295), “L’espérance d’un baiser”, p. 108.

Krystyna Żywulska (55908), “I Survived Auschwitz”, p. 40-41.

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Illustration: An excerpt from a work by Marian Kołodziej from the series entitled ‘Labyrinths’.

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. In the podcast, we present ten chapters of this unique story about humanity facing the most extreme test.

Part 2 – Death

Read by: Grey Stafford

Adaptation for the podcast: Agnieszka Juskowiak-Sawicka

Music: JivexMusic

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Testimonies and memoirs used into the podcast:

Filip Müller (29236), “Auschwitz Inferno. The Testimony of a Sonderkommando”, trans. Susanne Flatauer (London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1979), p. 12.

Hilda Hrabovecká (n.n.), “Arm With a Tattooed Number” (Bratislava: Marenčin PT, 2002), p. 39.

Ester Friedman (A-26615), „Daleka droga do domu”, p. 77.

Jadwiga Apostoł-Staniszewska (26273), „Echa okupacyjnych lat”, p. 307.

Jerzy Pozimski (1099), Account in: Testimonies, vol. 52, p. 170.

Maria Ślisz-Oyrzyńska (40275), cited in: Ryn, Kłodziński (20019), „Śmierć”, p. 82.

Bronisław Jureczek (26672), Account in: Testimonies, vol. 3, p. 404.

Jan Stawarz (39534), cited in: Ryn, Kłodziński (20019), „Śmierć”, p. 61.

Isidore Greengrass (87224), “Judaism Is Indestructible”, p. 83.

Stanisław Kobylański (575), Account in: Memoirs, vol. 2, p. 267.

Zalmen Gradowski (n.n.), “From the Heart of Hell”, p. 110.

Henryk Król (1183), Account in: Testimonies, vol. 75, p. 210.

Pelagia Lewińska (32292), Oświęcim, p. 58.

Mieczysław Bednarski (30951), „W szponach Gestapo”, p. 179.

Elisa Springer (A-24020), „Milczenie żywych”, pp. 82-83.

Jadwiga Apostoł-Staniszewska (26273), “Wobec śmierci w Brzezince i Ravensbrück,” Przegląd Lekarski – Oświęcim (1981), pp. 167-168.

Zofia Kossak (64491), „Z otchłani”, p. 42.

August Kowalczyk (6804), “A Barbed Wire Refrain II”, pp. 44-45.

Konstanty Piekarski (4618), “Escaping Hell”, p. 80.

Tadeusz Sobolewicz (23053), “But I Survived”, pp. 126-127.

Charlotte Delbo (31661), “None of Us Will Return”, pp. 64-65.

Aleksander Giermański (716), cited in: Ryn, Kłodziński (20019), „Śmierć”, pp. 62-63.

Ruth Bindefeld Neray (75912), To Auschwitz and Back (Sudbury: Sudbury Press, 1997), p. 75.

Shari Lebovitz (39439), [“Shari: A True Story”], p. 90.

Miriam Harel (n.n.), „Teraz już możesz płakać”, p. 123.

Raya Kagan (7984), “Des femmes au bureau de l’enfer”, p. 229.

Maria Jezierska (24449), Account in: Testimonies, vol. 8, p. 1145.

Józef Majchrzak (33204), cited in: Ryn, Kłodziński (20019), „Śmierć”, p. 65.

Zofia Posmysz (7566), „Królestwo za mgłą”, p. 141.

Alter Feinsilber (27675), Testimony in the Rudolf Höss trial, [IPN GK 196/82], in: Chronicles of Terror, vol. 5, p. 260.

Felix Rosenthal (176475), Account in: Testimonies, vol. 9, p. 1244.

Wanda Miszewska (44756), Account in: Testimonies, vol. 101, s. 146.

Shlomo Venezia (182727), “Inside the Gas Chambers”, p. 62.

Suzanne Birnbaum (74837), “Une Française juive est revenue” (Maulévrier: Hérault-Editions, 1991), p. 42

Bogusław Dąbrowski (18375), in: Dąbrowski, „Nietypowy więzień Auschwitz-Birkenau”, p. 43.

Julian Kiwała (9143), Account in: Testimonies, vol. 40, p. 171.

Hermann Langbein (60355), “People in Auschwitz”, p. 91.

Roman Taul (1108), Account in: Testimonies, vol. 9, p. 1265.

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Illustration: An excerpt from a work by Marian Kołodziej from the series entitled ‘Labyrinths’.

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 1. Loneliness

Read by: Grey Stafford

Adaptation for the podcast: Agnieszka Juskowiak-Sawicka

Music: JivexMusic

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Testimonies and memoirs used into the podcast:

Helena Dunicz Niwińska (84118), Account in: Agnieszka Dauksza, „Klub Auschwitz i inne kluby”, Gdańsk, 2016, p. 55.

Lily Suser (n.n.) “Lili’s Story. My Memory of the Holocaust” (Colorado Springs, CO: Lili

Susser, 1998), pp. 71-72. The quote of a seven-year-old girl form Litzmannstadt Ghetto, 1944.

Minsky Sender (55082), “The Cage”, p. 169.

Krystyna Żywulska (55908), “I Survived Auschwitz”, p. 22.

Saba Feniger (n.n.), “Short Stories”, p. 97.

Shlomo Venezia (182727), “Inside the Gas Chambers”, p. 47.

Rudolf Vrba (44070), “I Escaped From Auschwitz” (Fort Lee: Barricade Books, 2002), p. 150.

Max Eisen (A-9892), “By Chance Alone”, p. 82.

Eugenia Kurzelowa (37574), Account in: Testimonies, vol. 36, p. 104.

Tadeusz Sobolewicz (23053), „But I Survived”, p. 77.

Charlotte Delbo (31661), “None of Us Will Return”, p. 50.

Raya Kagan (7984), “Des femmes au bureau de l’enfer”, p. 99.

Primo Levi (174517), “If This Is a Man”, p. 35.

Sim Kessel (130665), “Hanged at Auschwitz”, p. 81.

Rudolf Vrba (44070), “I Escaped From Auschwitz”, p. 116.

Mieczysław Bednarski (30951), „W szponach Gestapo”, p. 114.

Charlotte Delbo (31661), “None of Us Will Return”, p. 71.

Michał Ziółkowski (1055), „Byłem od początku w Auschwitz” (Gdańsk: Marpress, 2007),

p. 24. Mentioned in this quote are Jan Światłowski (1057) and Mieczysław Wojciechowski (1061).

Berndt Abraham (107783), “No Graves to Visit. A Survivor Remember at Last”, [n.d.] 1994, p. 13.

Mieczysława Chylińska (44685), “Działania SS w Brzezince przeciw węzłom społeczno-emocjonalnym więźniów,” Przegląd Lekarski – Oświęcim (1986), p. 155.

Stanisław Sattler (68652), “Prisoner of 68 Months”, p. 79.

Victor Frankl (119104), “Man’s Search For Meaning”, p. 61.

Tadeusz Sobolewicz (23053), “But I Survived”, p. 146.

Zofia Kossak (64491), “Z otchłani”, p. 84-85.

Ana Novac (17587), “The Beautiful Days of My Youth: Six Months in Auschwitz and Plaszow” (New York: Henry Holt & Company, 1997), p. 37.

Camille Touboul (72420), “Le plus long des chemins. De Marseille a Auschwitz” (Nice: Losagne, 1998), p. 67.

Władysław Bartoszewski (4427), “Mój Auschwitz”, p. 41.

Henryk Matuszewski (5860), Account in: Testimonies, vol. 22, p. 17.

Samuel Pisar (B-1713), “Of Blood and Hope” (New York: Macmillan, 1982), pp. 56-57.

Halina Birenbaum (48693), “Hope Is the Last to Die”, trans. David Welsh (Oświęcim:

Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, 2016), p. 135.