{"product_id":"auschwitz-not-long-ago-not-far-away-hardcover","title":"Auschwitz: Not Long Ago. Not Far Away. - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert Jan Van Pelt\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eLuis Ferreiro\u003c\/b\u003e (With), \u003cb\u003eMiriam Greenbaum\u003c\/b\u003e (With)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the catalogue of the first-ever traveling exhibition about the Auschwitz concentration camp, where 1.1 million people--mostly Jews, but also non-Jewish Poles, Roma, and others--lost their lives.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e More than 280 objects and images from the exhibition are illustrated herein. Drawn from the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum and other collections around the world, they range from the intimate (such as victims' family snapshots and personal belongings) to the immense (an actual surviving barrack from the Auschwitz III-Monowitz satellite camp); all are eloquent in their testimony.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e An authoritative yet accessible text weaves the stories behind these artifacts into an encompassing history of Auschwitz--from a Polish town at the crossroads of Europe, to the dark center of the Holocaust, to a powerful site of remembrance.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eAuschwitz: Not long ago. Not far away.\u003c\/em\u003e is an essential volume for everyone who is interested in history and its lessons.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobert Jan van Pelt is chief curator of the exhibition \u003ci\u003eAuschwitz: Not Long Ago. Not Far Away\u003c\/i\u003e. Van Pelt, professor of cultural history in the School of Architecture at the University of Waterloo, is known internationally as one of the leading authorities on the history and architecture of Auschwitz.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 11.5 x 9.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 07, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757450461472,"sku":"9780789213310","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/1f102313722ed95944ff129f0b35640f.webp?v=1780103126","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/auschwitz-not-long-ago-not-far-away-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}