دانلود کتاب The Theory and Practice of Hell: the German concentration camps and the system behind them

Eugen Kogon, while a prisoner in the German concentration camps, also served as a medical assistant for many years until the war ended. However, before becoming a prisoner he studied sociology at the Universities of Munich, Florence, and Vienna, thereby further validating his observations and ideas while in the concentration camps. Kogon, manages to comprise a classic account of life and death within concentration camps. Through this work, The Theory and Practice of Hell, Kogon shows what life inside the camps is like from a critical perspective using honest details. First published in German in 1946 as Der SS-Staat – Das System der deutschen Konzentrationslager, Kogon’s account shows not individual stories, but rather a picture of the system as a whole. It was the first study published on the nazi concentration camps system. The Holocaust is not central in this study since it happened only partialy in "camps" and, when in camps mainly in pure extermination centers (not the main subject of Kogon's book). Some figures are obviously outdated but the analysis is still valuable. First english translation appeared in 1950.