Verschollen in Deutschland : das heimliche Leben des Anton Burger, Lagerkommandant von Theresienstadt

Traces the career of Anton Burger, one of Eichmann's subordinates. Describes the mistreatment of Austrian Jews by the Zentralstelle für Jüdische Auswanderung, where Burger worked until he was transferred to the office in Prague, finally to become head of the branch in Brno. Between July 1943-January 1944 he was commandant of Theresienstadt, reputedly the most vicious of the three commandants. Chronicles the history of the ghetto and the Burger period, during which 10,067 persons were deported to the gas chambers. Tells the story of 1,200 Jewish children from Białystok who were sent to Theresienstadt with a view to exchanging them for Germans interned by the British; in October 1943 they were sent to Auschwitz and gassed. From March 1944 Burger was responsible for the deportation of the Jews of Greece. Describes in detail the order of deportation from the towns and islands. Both in Theresienstadt and in Greece, Burger was personally involved in all operations. After the war he was imprisoned and interrogated, but escaped. He lived under an assumed name in Austria and Germany until his death in 1991. In the preface, Simon Wiesenthal tells of his search for Burger. Includes bibliographical references. 199 pages : facsimiles, illustrations, portraits ; 20 cm