The Fate of Soviet POWs in KL Auschwitz

Book Chapter

Jacek Lachendro, “The Fate of Soviet POWs in KL Auschwitz.” Auschwitz: History, Place and People. An Academic Guide to the Camp Complex. Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, 2021, p. 79-92.

Educational Resources

Discussion Prompts

  • How did the fate of Soviet POWs differ from that of other prisoners? How can we explain this difference in light of the Nazi ideology?

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.

Czech, Danuta. Auschwitz Chronicle, 1939-1945: From the Archives of the Auschwitz Memorial and the German Federal Archives. New York: Henry Holt, 1997.

Lachendro, Jacek. Soviet Prisoners of War in Auschwitz. Voices of Memory 11. Translated by William Brand. Oświęcim: Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, 2016.

Smoleń, Kazimierz. “Soviet Prisoners of War in KL Auschwitz.” In Death Books from Auschwitz, Vol. 1. K.G. Saur, 1995.