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were less than 200 Jewish survivors. Arad describesthese camps with meticulous detail — their physicallayouts, the process of extermination, the revolts andescapes, the day-to-day lives of those spared immediatedeaths.~ 2. 52 *Borkin, Joseph. The Crime and Punishment of 1. G.Farben. New York: Pocket Books, 1979. ISBN 0-671-82755-3.Founded in 1925, I. G. Farben was a hugechemical conglomerate in Germany. During the Naziera, Farben mobilized to support the war. Building andoperating the slave-labor camp at Auschwitz, it wasresponsible for the deaths of thousands of prisoners.About 35, 000 slaves were used at Auschwitz. Over25, 000 died. I. G. Farben derived huge profits fromits subsidiary, DEGESH, which manufactured ZyklonB, the gas used to annihilate hundreds of thousands ofpeople in Auschwitz's gas chambers. Borkin chroniclesthis tragic tale and the relatively light punishment metedout to its chief executives. As the cold war intensified,it apparently was in American interests to have a strongGermany as a buffer to the Soviets. Hence the leniencyof the courts.~ 2. 53 *Des Pres, Terrence. The Survivor: An Anthology ofLifein the Death Camps. New York: Oxford UniversityPress, 1976. LC 75-25468.In a landmark study and analysis of the phenomenonof the survivor, Des Pres interprets survivormemoirs, by such authors as Chaim Kaplan, AlexanderDonat, Primo Levi, Gerda Klein, Elie Wiesel, andothers. He chronicles both the inhuman suffering andthe inspiring dignity of the survivor. He argues thatthere is a "system" to survival, the existence of abiological-ethical imperative to survive. The memoirshe cites provide an immediacy to the experience andimmerse the reader in the emotional horror of thecamps.*2. 54 ~Feig, Konnilyn. Hitler's Death Camps: The Sanity ofMadness. New York: Holmes & Meier, 1979. LC 81-140. ISBN 0-8419-0675-0.Hitler 's Death Camps is a well-documented historyof the nineteen major collection and annihilation campsused by the Nazis against the Jews. Notwithstandingthe horror of these places, they operated efficiently andall too effectively. This was their "sanity. " Feig alsoexamines the indifference of the Allies and the Polishgovernment in exile.~ 2. 55 ~Ferencz, Benjamin B. Less Than Slaves: Jewish ForcedLabor and the Quest for Compensation. Cambridge,MA: Harvard University Press, 1979. LC 79-10690.ISBN 0-674-52525-6.Ferencz describes the complicity of major Germanfirms in the Holocaust, particularly on the issue of slavelabor and their refusal to accept either legal or moralresponsibility for their crimes. Ferencz also analyzesthe post-war trials of the major actors and why theyreceived such light sentences.~ 2. 56 *Pawelczynska, Anna. Values and Violence in Auschwitz:A Sociological Analysis. Berkeley: University ofCalifornia Press, 1979. LC 76-3886. ISBN 0-520-03210-1.The author, a Polish sociologist and survivor ofAuschwitz, brings social science insights and techniquesto an examination of the sociology of survival inAuschwitz. She discusses the effect of differences insocial background on survival. She challenges Bettelheim'stheory that those who identified with theiraggressors were best able to survive. She found,instead, that inmates who shared and who maintainedtheir humanity defied camp conditions. She corroboratesViktor Frankl's insight that individuals were notpowerless to affect their fate. Survival for some purposeand having a vision of life after the camps were usefulcoping mechanisms.SURVIVOR ACCOUNTS* 2. 57 *Delbo, Charlotte. None of Us Will Return. Boston:Beacon Press, 1968. LC 68-20635.Delbo, a non-Jewish survivor of Auschwitz andother concentration camps, provides a powerful, starkaccount of her experiences.*2. 58 ~Donat, Alexander.The Holocaust Kingdom: A Memoir.New York: Schocken, 1978. LC 77-89067.In one of the more powerful and insightfulHolocaust memoirs, Donat, a Polish Jew, tells how heand his wife and son survived the Warsaw Ghetto andMaidanek. His memoir, though notable for its restraint,provides extensive details of his experiences. There isthe anguish of self-doubt as Donat reflects on themeaning of life and death.34 GENOCIDE