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A narrow bridge to life : Jewish forced labor and survival in the Gross-Rosen camp system, 1940-1945 / Bella Gutterman ; translated by IBRT.

Author/creator Guṭerman, Belah
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoNew York : Berghahn Books, 2008.
Descriptionix, 290 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Supplemental Content Table of contents only
Subject(s)
Uniform titleGesher tsar el ha-ḥayim. English
Contents Forced labor in Nazi Germany and the Nazi-occupied areas -- The forced-labor system in eastern upper Silesia: the establishment of organization Schmelt (1940-1944) -- Forced-labor camps for Jews in lower Silesia and the Sudetenland (1940-1944) -- Phases in the development of the Gross-Rosen main camp (May 1940-October 1943) -- The first subcamps of Gross-Rosen -- Deploying the network of camps -- Labor camps in the Sudetenland -- Code riese: the Führer's secret operation in the Eulen mountains -- Administration of the Gross-rosen labor-camp complex -- Survival in the Gross-Rosen labor camps -- Women in the Gross-Rosen labor camps -- Cultural and spiritual life in the Gross-Rosen labor camps -- The last to be liberated -- Liberation -- Concluding remarks.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 270-281) and index.
LCCN 2007006652 2008008094
ISBN9781845452063 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN1845452062 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks D 805.5.G76 G8813 2008 ✔ Available Place Hold