A review by janenotvictoria
KL: A History of the Nazi Concentration Camps by Nikolaus Wachsmann

challenging dark informative reflective

5.0

This is an outstanding book, telling a horrific story with care, respect, and nuance. It is clearly informed by huge amounts of research, but is still told in an accessible way. It's obviously a very difficult subject and, personally speaking, I needed to read it slowly as a consequence, but I would wholeheartedly recommend it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Hate crime, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Excrement, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual violence, Suicide