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Karen Bartlett is a writer and journalist based in London. She has written extensively for Newsweek, the Sunday Times, The Times, The Guardian, and WIRED and has presented and produced for BBC Radio. She was the youngest director of democratic reform and human rights campaign group Charter88, and toon meer she began her career in the U.K. and South Africa. Most recently, she worked with Eva Schloss, writing her Sunday Times-bestselling autobiography After Auschwitz: A Story of Heartbreak and Survival by the stepsister of Anne Frank. toon minder

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Questa è la storia scioccante di come furono concepiti i forni crematori e le camere a gas che permisero l'eliminazione di oltre un milione di persone durante l'Olocausto. Alla fine dell'Ottocento, la Topf e figli era una piccola e rispettata azienda a conduzione familiare con sede a Erfurt, in Germania, che produceva sistemi di riscaldamento e impianti per la lavorazione di birra e malto. Negli anni Trenta del secolo scorso, tuttavia, la ditta divenne leader nella produzione di forni crematori e, con l'avvento della seconda guerra mondiale, si specializzò nella produzione di forni "speciali", destinati ai campi di concentramento. Durante i terribili anni dell'Olocausto, la Topf e figli progettò e costruì i forni crematori per i campi di Auschwitz-Birkenau, Buchenwald, Belzec, Dachau, Mauthausen e Gusen. Gli uomini che concepirono queste macchine di morte non furono ferventi nazisti mossi dall'ideologia: a guidare i proprietari e gli ingegneri della Topf e figli furono piuttosto l'ambizione personale e piccole rivalità, che li spinsero a competere per sviluppare la migliore tecnologia possibile. Il frutto del loro lavoro riuscì a superare in disumanità persino le richieste delle SS. Ed è per questa fervente dedizione al lavoro che i fratelli Topf passarono alla storia con infamia. Il loro nome è ancora impresso sulle fornaci di Auschwitz. (fonte: amazon)… (meer)
 
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MemorialeSardoShoah | 1 andere bespreking | Apr 22, 2020 |
This is a biography of the Topf family of Erfurt, Germany and the family firm, Topf and Sons. The company's primary business was manufacturing brewing equipment. However, a division within the company manufactured ovens for crematoria. This division supplied ovens for Auschwitz and other extermination camps during the Nazi era. Most of the focus is on brothers Ludwig Topf Jr and Ernst Wolfgang Topf, who headed the company during the Nazi era, as well as senior employees who were complicit in the design and manufacture of the crematoria ovens and the ventilation systems for the gas chambers. There is more focus on Topf cousin Hartmut Topf than perhaps there should be. While he shares the Topf name, his grandfather left the firm long before the Third Reich came to power. However, he has been outspoken about the Topf family and its legacy, so it probably would have been difficult to write this book without including him. This book would be a good choice for readers looking for information about support for the Nazis among the general populace.

This review is based on an electronic advance reading copy provided by the publisher through NetGalley.
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cbl_tn | 1 andere bespreking | Aug 26, 2018 |
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Excellent history of the vaccine and eradication campaigns of three devastating diseases -- smallpox, polio, and malaria. Impeccably researched yet written in an accessible format for the lay reader. While is primarily a history of disease, the ending chapters discuss current efforts to eradicate diseases like polio and guinea worm disease, and talk about current anti-vaccination efforts and their results. Recommended.
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sparemethecensor | 10 andere besprekingen | May 28, 2017 |
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I was under the impression this book would be about how our world will be affected by eliminating contagious disease. Instead, it was a history on several vaccine campaigns. It was interesting but not what I expected. However, I did learn quite a bit about the drama and in-fighting that still goes on to this day regarding vaccines - how they are produced, where they are distributed, etc.

Makes me thankful I was born in a time when vaccines could prevent so much suffering.
 
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