“Auschwitz. A Monograph on the Human”. Part 9. Suicide

The book ‘Auschwitz. A Monograph on the Human’ is the first of its kind in the world to try to depict human emotions within the reality of Auschwitz camp. Its author, Museum Director Dr. Piotr Cywiński, draws on fragments of memoirs and testimonies from more than 450 Survivors. It is the words of these direct witnesses that form the basis of this reflection on the human condition amid the process of dehumanization at the German Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz.

Part 9. Suicide

Read by: Grey Stafford

Adaptation for the podcast: Agnieszka Juskowiak-Sawicka

Music: JivexMusic

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Testimonies and memories used into the podcast:

Hadassah Rosensaft (52406), “Yesterday”, p. 39.

Victor Frankl (119104), “Man’s Search For Meaning”, p. 31.

Szymon Laks (49543), “Music of Another World”, pp. 18-19.

Dawid Wisnia (83526), “One Voice, Two Lives”, pp. 42-43.

Jan Marszałek (18857), cited in: Ryn, Kłodziński (20019), „Śmierć”, p. 63.

Charles Liblau (n.n.), “Les kapos d’Auschwitz”, p. 27

Leon Arditti (169738), “Vouloir vivre”, p. 85.

Jakub Wolman (33611), Testimonies in the trial of Rudolf Höss [IPN GK 196/87], in: Chronicles of Terror, vol. 5, p. 116.

Dov Paisikovic (A-3076), Account in: Testimonies, vol. 44, p. 105.

Miriam Harel (n.n.), „Teraz już możesz płakać”, pp. 126-127.

Bohumil Pohl (25632), Account in: Testimonies, vol. 78, p. 179.

Kitty Hart (39934), “I Am Alive”, p. 66.

Ruth Elias (73643), “Triumph of Hope”, p. 112.

Maria Żumańska (29940), Account in: Testimonies, vol. 4, p. 426.

Ernst Toch (70231), Account in: Testimonies, vol. 9, p. 1288.

Jerzy Tabeau (27273), Report in: ‘Raporty uciekinierów z KL Auschwitz’, p. 95.

Miklosz Nyiszli (A 8450), “I Was Doctor Mengele’s Assistant”, p. 54.

Elżbieta Wawrzyczek (33324), Account in: Testimonies, vol. 21, p. 9.

Avram Harshalom (99288), “Alive From the Ashes”, p. 83.

Raya Kagan (7984), “Des femmes au bureau de l’enfer”, p. 95.

Szymon Laks (49543), “Music of Another World”, p. 47.

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Illustration: An excerpt from a work by Marian Kołodziej from the series entitled ‘Labyrinths’.