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The Resource The prisoners of Breendonk : personal histories from a World War II concentration camp, by James M. Deem with additional photography by Leon Nolis

The prisoners of Breendonk : personal histories from a World War II concentration camp, by James M. Deem with additional photography by Leon Nolis

Creator
Author
Summary
"This absorbing and captivating nonfiction account (with never-before-published photographs) offers readers an in-depth anthropological and historical look into the lives of those who suffered and survived Breendonk concentration camp during the Holocaust of World War II"-- Provided by publisher
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
xi, 340 pages
Contents
  • Map of Belgium during World WarII
  • Definitions of Terms Used in This Book
  • Introduction
  • The First Prisoners: September-December 1940
  • 1. The Arrest of Israel Neumann
  • 2. Building Breendonk
  • 3. Facing the Wall
  • 4. The First Prisoners of Room 1
  • 5. The Artist of Room 1
  • 6. Watching the Prisoners
  • 7. The Zugfuhrer of Room 1
  • 8. A Day at Breendonk
  • The First Deaths: January-June 1941
  • 9. Changes
  • 10. The First Escape
  • 11. Despair
  • 12. A Picture-Perfect Camp
  • Camp Of The Creeping Death: June 1941-June 1942
  • 13. Operation Solstice
  • 14. Prisoner Number 59
  • 15. A Substitution
  • 16. The Rivals
  • 17. The Plant Eaters
  • 18. July 24, 1941
  • 19. The Hell of Breendonk
  • 20. The First Transport
  • 21. A Temporary Lull
  • A Second Camp: July-August 1942
  • 22. The Sammellager in Mechelen
  • 23. Transport II to Auschwitz-Birkenau
  • Camp Of Terror: September 1942-April 1944
  • 24. The Postal Workers of Brussels
  • 25. The First Executions
  • 26. The Arrestanten
  • 27. The Bunker
  • 28. January 6, 1943
  • 29. The Winter of 1942-43
  • 30. Transport XX
  • 31. The Chaplain of the Executions
  • 32. Two Heroes of Breendonk
  • 33. The Twelve from Senzeilles
  • The Many Endings of Auffanglager Breendonk: May 1944-May 1945
  • 34. Evacuating Breendonk
  • 35. Journey from Mauthausen
  • 36. End of the Superment
  • 37. The Final Transport from Neuengamme
  • After The War: 1945-Present
  • 38. The War Crimes Trials
  • 39. The Final Death
  • 40. Breendonk Today
  • Afterword: What Happened to Some Breendonk Prisoners and Their Families
  • Appendixes
  • 1. Main Deportations from Auffanglager Breendonk
  • 2. Deportations from SS-Sammellager Mechelen
  • Quotation Sources
  • Bibliography
  • Acknowledgments
  • Illustration Credits
  • Index
Isbn
9780544096646
Instance
Label
The prisoners of Breendonk : personal histories from a World War II concentration camp
Title
The prisoners of Breendonk
Title remainder
personal histories from a World War II concentration camp
Statement of responsibility
by James M. Deem with additional photography by Leon Nolis
Creator
Author
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
"This absorbing and captivating nonfiction account (with never-before-published photographs) offers readers an in-depth anthropological and historical look into the lives of those who suffered and survived Breendonk concentration camp during the Holocaust of World War II"-- Provided by publisher
Biography type
contains biographical information
Cataloging source
DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Deem, James M
Dewey number
940.53/18549322
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • maps
Index
index present
Intended audience
1100
Intended audience source
Lexile
LC call number
D805.5.B74
LC item number
D44 2015
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Breendonk (Concentration camp)
  • Concentration camps
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • Concentration camp inmates
Target audience
juvenile
Label
The prisoners of Breendonk : personal histories from a World War II concentration camp, by James M. Deem with additional photography by Leon Nolis
Instantiates
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-331) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
  • text
  • still image
  • cartographic image
Content type code
  • txt
  • sti
  • cri
Content type MARC source
  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
Contents
Map of Belgium during World WarII -- Definitions of Terms Used in This Book -- Introduction -- The First Prisoners: September-December 1940 -- 1. The Arrest of Israel Neumann -- 2. Building Breendonk -- 3. Facing the Wall -- 4. The First Prisoners of Room 1 -- 5. The Artist of Room 1 -- 6. Watching the Prisoners -- 7. The Zugfuhrer of Room 1 -- 8. A Day at Breendonk -- The First Deaths: January-June 1941 -- 9. Changes -- 10. The First Escape -- 11. Despair -- 12. A Picture-Perfect Camp -- Camp Of The Creeping Death: June 1941-June 1942 -- 13. Operation Solstice -- 14. Prisoner Number 59 -- 15. A Substitution -- 16. The Rivals -- 17. The Plant Eaters -- 18. July 24, 1941 -- 19. The Hell of Breendonk -- 20. The First Transport -- 21. A Temporary Lull -- A Second Camp: July-August 1942 -- 22. The Sammellager in Mechelen -- 23. Transport II to Auschwitz-Birkenau -- Camp Of Terror: September 1942-April 1944 -- 24. The Postal Workers of Brussels -- 25. The First Executions -- 26. The Arrestanten -- 27. The Bunker -- 28. January 6, 1943 -- 29. The Winter of 1942-43 -- 30. Transport XX -- 31. The Chaplain of the Executions -- 32. Two Heroes of Breendonk -- 33. The Twelve from Senzeilles -- The Many Endings of Auffanglager Breendonk: May 1944-May 1945 -- 34. Evacuating Breendonk -- 35. Journey from Mauthausen -- 36. End of the Superment -- 37. The Final Transport from Neuengamme -- After The War: 1945-Present -- 38. The War Crimes Trials -- 39. The Final Death -- 40. Breendonk Today -- Afterword: What Happened to Some Breendonk Prisoners and Their Families -- Appendixes -- 1. Main Deportations from Auffanglager Breendonk -- 2. Deportations from SS-Sammellager Mechelen -- Quotation Sources -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Illustration Credits -- Index
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
xi, 340 pages
Isbn
9780544096646
Lccn
2015010722
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
n
Other physical details
illustrations (some color), maps
System control number
ocn904332570
Label
The prisoners of Breendonk : personal histories from a World War II concentration camp, by James M. Deem with additional photography by Leon Nolis
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-331) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
  • text
  • still image
  • cartographic image
Content type code
  • txt
  • sti
  • cri
Content type MARC source
  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
Contents
Map of Belgium during World WarII -- Definitions of Terms Used in This Book -- Introduction -- The First Prisoners: September-December 1940 -- 1. The Arrest of Israel Neumann -- 2. Building Breendonk -- 3. Facing the Wall -- 4. The First Prisoners of Room 1 -- 5. The Artist of Room 1 -- 6. Watching the Prisoners -- 7. The Zugfuhrer of Room 1 -- 8. A Day at Breendonk -- The First Deaths: January-June 1941 -- 9. Changes -- 10. The First Escape -- 11. Despair -- 12. A Picture-Perfect Camp -- Camp Of The Creeping Death: June 1941-June 1942 -- 13. Operation Solstice -- 14. Prisoner Number 59 -- 15. A Substitution -- 16. The Rivals -- 17. The Plant Eaters -- 18. July 24, 1941 -- 19. The Hell of Breendonk -- 20. The First Transport -- 21. A Temporary Lull -- A Second Camp: July-August 1942 -- 22. The Sammellager in Mechelen -- 23. Transport II to Auschwitz-Birkenau -- Camp Of Terror: September 1942-April 1944 -- 24. The Postal Workers of Brussels -- 25. The First Executions -- 26. The Arrestanten -- 27. The Bunker -- 28. January 6, 1943 -- 29. The Winter of 1942-43 -- 30. Transport XX -- 31. The Chaplain of the Executions -- 32. Two Heroes of Breendonk -- 33. The Twelve from Senzeilles -- The Many Endings of Auffanglager Breendonk: May 1944-May 1945 -- 34. Evacuating Breendonk -- 35. Journey from Mauthausen -- 36. End of the Superment -- 37. The Final Transport from Neuengamme -- After The War: 1945-Present -- 38. The War Crimes Trials -- 39. The Final Death -- 40. Breendonk Today -- Afterword: What Happened to Some Breendonk Prisoners and Their Families -- Appendixes -- 1. Main Deportations from Auffanglager Breendonk -- 2. Deportations from SS-Sammellager Mechelen -- Quotation Sources -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Illustration Credits -- Index
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
xi, 340 pages
Isbn
9780544096646
Lccn
2015010722
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
n
Other physical details
illustrations (some color), maps
System control number
ocn904332570

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