HAJŠMAN, Jan.

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The Brown Beast. First edition in English, following publication in Czech in 1947, of this memoir by a Czech journalist and resistance fighter of six years' imprisonment in the concentration camp system, chiefly in Buchenwald. The preface is by Jan Masaryk.His account combines personal experience with a broader survey of life and organisation at Buchenwald, including forced labour, food, punishments, guards, prisoner hierarchies, cultural activity, and the experiences of Czech inmates.

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