Into That Darkness: An Examination of Conscience
by:
Gitta Sereny (author)
Based on 70 hours of interviews with Franz Stangl, commandant of Treblinka (the largest of the extermination camps), this book bares the soul of a man who continually found ways to rationalize his role in Hitler's final soulution.
Based on 70 hours of interviews with Franz Stangl, commandant of Treblinka (the largest of the extermination camps), this book bares the soul of a man who continually found ways to rationalize his role in Hitler's final soulution.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780394710358 (0394710355)
ASIN: 394710355
Publish date: January 12th 1983
Publisher: Vintage
Pages no: 400
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Biography,
Writing,
History,
Cultural,
Journalism,
War,
Politics,
World War II,
Psychology,
Holocaust,
Germany
Read in December of 2013, just updated to Booklikes-i-ness (and added pictures). This is one of the most incredible Holocaust books I have come across to date. It is about so much more than author Gitta Sereny's conversations with Franz Stangl (Commandant of Treblinka). These conversations (conduc...
A Fascinating book based upon the authors interviews of Franz Stangl, Commandant of Treblinka. My interest in reading the book was a focus on responsibility and guilt. How at any one point in time within an individual lifetime, it can paint a portrait of one's character, permanent and overriding all...
Absolutely stunning book.