Franciszek Piper

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Franciszek Piper (* 1941 ) is a Polish historian .

Life

Piper studied at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow and received his doctorate there in 1979 . As early as 1965 he became an employee of the historical research department of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum in Oświęcim , later becoming its director.

From 1965 to 1979 Piper undertook extensive studies of the use of labor in the Auschwitz concentration camps. From 1980 to 1995, studies were carried out to determine the number of victims in Auschwitz concentration camps with regard to the countries of origin and types of death. In doing so, he tied in with the scientific work of the former Auschwitz prisoner Georges Wellers (1905–1991). Since 2008, Piper has been working primarily on the preparation of the data from the death books and transport lists, on various overall presentations and partial studies. His book “The number of victims of Auschwitz” is considered by historians to be the standard work on this subject; since then, earlier estimates have hardly had any significance in specialist circles.

Fonts

  • Book of Remembrance, Transports of Poles from Warsaw to Auschwitz concentration camp 1940–1944. The Auschwitz Camp Community, 2000
  • Wacław Długoborski , Franciszek Piper (eds.): Auschwitz 1941–1945. Studies on the history of the Auschwitz concentration and extermination camp. (Vol. 1 to 3) From the Polish by Jochen August . Oswiecim, Verlag des Staatliches Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau, 1999 (Distribution in Germany: Metropol Verlag ) - Review: Werner Renz, Fritz Bauer Institute
  • The number of victims of Auschwitz based on the sources and the results of research, 1945–1990, Oświęcim, 1993.
  • In the midst of horrific crime. Manuscripts of members of the Sonderkommando, Oświęcim, 1996 (Polish. Original Wśród koszmarnej zbrodni. Notatki więźniów Sonderkommando ”, Oświęcim 1975)

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SURNAME Piper, Franciszek
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish historian
DATE OF BIRTH 1941