This shocking book describes the history of the Auschwitz camp, the most inhumane and abhorrent institution created by the Nazis. We learn how the camp gradually evolved from a prison for Polish political prisoners to the site where the largest mass extermination of people in history took place, with approximately one million Jewish victims.

Using Auschwitz as a starting point, the author examines the Holocaust more broadly. He rejects the idea that the camp's operation was a deviation from Nazi policy, arguing that Auschwitz played a key role in the implementation of the "Final Solution." The book explores the psyche and motivations of those responsible for the camp's operation while featuring excerpts from interviews with individuals who participated in the crimes at Auschwitz and are now speaking for the first time about their actions.

The book tells a story of death, brutality, courage, escape, and survival, offering the reader the opportunity to understand how a tragedy of such magnitude was able to occur.