BIBLIOGRAPHY: THE LIBERATION OF AUSCHWITZ

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To learn more about the liberation of Auschwitz on January 27, 1945, and its aftermath, here are a few books, videos, and online resources you may want to explore. Visit the Museum Shop or your local library to find these and other titles about this subject.

Books
Bridgman, Jon. The End of the Holocaust: The Liberation of the Camps. Portland, Or.: Areopagitica Press, 1990.

Czech, Danuta. Auschwitz Chronicle, 1939-1945. New York: Henry Holt, 1997.

Dlugoborski, Waclaw, and Franciszek Piper, eds. Auschwitz, 1940-1945: Central Issues in the History of the Camp. Oswiecim: Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, 2000.

Goodell, Stephen, et al. 1945: The Year of Liberation. Washington: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, 1995.

Langbein, Hermann. People in Auschwitz. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2004.

Rees, Laurence. Auschwitz: A New History. New York: Public Affairs, 2005.

Strzelecki, Andrzej. The Evacuation, Dismantling and Liberation of KL Auschwitz. Oswiecim: Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, 2001.

Videos
Auschwitz (Oswiecim): A Documentary Film on German Crimes at Oswiecim. Waltham, Mass.: National Center for Jewish Film, 2000.

Zur Mühlen, Irmgard von. The Liberation of Auschwitz 1945. Waltham, Mass.: National Center for Jewish Film; Chronos U.K., 1985.

Internet
Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum:
http://www.auschwitz-muzeum.oswiecim.pl/html/eng/start/index.html

Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum: "The Sixtieth Anniversary of the Liberation of the Auschwitz Concentration Camp."
http://www.auschwitz.org.pl/new/index.php?language=EN&tryb=stale&id=240

Auschwitz: Inside the Nazi State (PBS):
http://www.pbs.org/auschwitz/40-45/

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: Holocaust Encyclopedia: "Auschwitz."
http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/article.php?lang=en&ModuleId=10005189

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