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Smoke Over Bierkanał
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"Smoke Over Birkenau" by Seweryna Szmaglewska provides a harrowing account of life inside the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp.
As a Polish Catholic inmate, Szmaglewska offers a unique perspective on the camp's inner workings and the experiences of its prisoners.
Written shortly after her liberation, the book presents a vivid and unflinching portrayal of the daily horrors, suffering, and acts of resistance within the camp.
Szmaglewska's narrative sheds light on the experiences of the non-Jewish prisoners and their interactions with the Jewish inmates.
It is a testament to the resilience of the human spirit.
As a Polish Catholic inmate, Szmaglewska offers a unique perspective on the camp's inner workings and the experiences of its prisoners.
Written shortly after her liberation, the book presents a vivid and unflinching portrayal of the daily horrors, suffering, and acts of resistance within the camp.
Szmaglewska's narrative sheds light on the experiences of the non-Jewish prisoners and their interactions with the Jewish inmates.
It is a testament to the resilience of the human spirit.
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as one of the first published accounts of Auschwitz after the war.

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Trauma and Survival: Eddy de Wind and Viktor Frankl with Dan Stone, PhD (London)