Henryk Świebocki Orden de los libros (cronológico)

We trudge through the muddy ground, filled with fear and at the end of our strength. We reach our new graves, as we called our new homes. Before we had even caught our breath, some of us were already struck on the head with clubs. Blood flowed from the gaping wounds on our heads and faces. This is the first burial for the newcomers. Everyone is stunned, looking around at where they have been brought. We are soon informed that we are now experiencing a taste of camp life. Here, iron discipline reigns. We find ourselves in a death camp, a dead island. People do not come here to live but to find their death sooner or later. This is no place to live; it is the residence of death.

Presents German versions of the reports by Jerzy Tabeau, Rudolf Vrba and Alfred Wetzler, and Czesław Mordowicz and Arnošt Rosin. The editor's introduction, "Auschwitz: Kannte die Welt schon während des Krieges die Wahrheit über das Lager?" (pp. 7-103), gives brief biographies of the men and describes their experiences in Auschwitz; their places of work and contacts which allowed them to acquire a broad knowledge of what went on in the camp; their scheme of escape; and the route by which their reports reached the West. These reports, and others, produced a call for drastic action by the Allies; but nothing was done beyond reports broadcast on the radio and threats of the retribution awaiting the perpetrators after the war.