Jean-Claude Pressac. Auschwitz: Technique and Operation of the Gas Chambers.

AUCTION 76 | Thursday, June 14th, 2018 at 3:00 PM
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Jean-Claude Pressac. Auschwitz: Technique and Operation of the Gas Chambers.

Translated from the French by Peter Moss. Copiously illustrated with diagrams, drawings, photographs, documents, charts and architectural plans. Limited edition. pp. 564. Original printed wrappers, some wear. Oversize rectangular folio.

New York: The Beate Klarsfeld Foundation 1989

Est: $500 - $700
PRICE REALIZED $450
"A scientific rebuttal of those who deny the gas chambers." Originally a Holocaust denier, the author (1944-2003) was a French chemist who became an authority on Auschwitz’s lethal extermination operations.