Tadeusz Borowski

Tadeusz Borowski was a Polish poet, journalist, and short-story writer who survived imprisonment at Auschwitz and Dachau. His stark camp stories examine the moral compromises and systems of dehumanization created by the concentration camps.

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This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen

1967 · Historical Fiction

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Tadeusz Borowski's concentration-camp stories draw on his imprisonment at Auschwitz and Dachau. Their spare, brutal narration depicts a system in which survival can displace compassion and the difference between prisoners may be reduced to food, clothing, or a momentary advantage. By showing ordinary routines beside mass murder, the collection examines how camp life distorts moral judgment and erases the boundary between the normal and the unthinkable.

Print · Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated · 1967 · English
ISBN 9780670703166

Print · Penguin · 1992-08-01 · English
ISBN 9780140186246

Audiobook · Tantor Media Inc · 2021-02-08 · English
ISBN 9798874688714

Audiobook · Tantor Audio · 2021-02-08 · English
ISBN 9798874688721

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Historical Fiction