“Auschwitz. A Monograph on the Human”. Part 6. Births

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. In the podcast, we present ten chapters of this unique story about humanity facing the most extreme test.

Part 6. Births

Read by: Grey Stafford

Adaptation for the podcast: Agnieszka Juskowiak-Sawicka

Music: JivexMusic

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Testimonies and memoirs used into the podcast:

Wanda Urbańska (45811), Account in: Testimonies, vol. 72, p. 32.

Stefania Sikorska (32354), Account in: Testimonies, vol. 33, p. 34.

Janina Kowalczyk (32212), Testimonies in the criminal trial of former SS staff [IPN GK 196/161], Chronicles of Terror, vol. 6, p. 177.

Maria Ślisz-Oyrzyńska (40275), in: Ryn, Kłodziński (20019), „Śmierć”, s. 79.

Stanisława Leszczyńska (41335), Account in: Memoirs, vol. 10, p. 3.

Danuta Drzazga (26275), Account in: Testimonies, vol. 33, pp. 75-76.

Genowefa Pilecka (PH nn, 79435), Account in: Testimonies, vol. 16, p. 47.

Zofia Kalmus (83887), Testimonies in the criminal trial of former SS staff [IPN GK 196/110], Chronicles of Terror, vol. 6, pp. 255-256.

Alina Bacall-Zwirn (476490), “No Common Place” (Lincoln: University of Nebraska, 2000), pp. 73-74.

Charlotte Zucker (75140), “Les balcons fleuris d’Auschwitz” (Champrond en Gâtine: Colombier, 2000), p. 247.

Stefania Rojek (26817), Account in: Testimonies, vol. 32, pp. 20-21.

Bartnikowski (192731), “Childhood Behind Barbed Wire”, p. 136.

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