SS Personnel in Auschwitz

Book Chapter

Piotr Setkiewicz, Anja Nowak, “SS Personnel in Auschwitz.” Auschwitz: History, Place and People. An Academic Guide to the Camp Complex. Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, 2021, p. 109-122.
 

Educational Resources

Discussion Prompts

  • What impact did the organizational structure of the camp SS have on the prisoner experience? How did it affect the treatment of prisoners?

Bibliography

Bezwińska, Jadwiga, Danuta Czech, Rudolf Höss, Pery Broad, and Johann Paul Kremer. KL Auschwitz Seen by the SS. Oświęcim: Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, 1997.

Setkiewicz, Piotr. The Private Lives of the Auschwitz SS. Translated by William Brand. Oświęcim: Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, 2014.

Setkiewicz, Piotr. The SS Garrison in KL Auschwitz. Voices of Memory 13. Oświęcim: Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, 2017.