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Langbein, HermannLangbein, Hermann, b. Vienna, May 18, 1912, d. Vienna, Oct. 25, 1995, journalist and resistance fighter against National Socialism. Fled from Austria after the Anschluss (1938) and fought on the Republican side in the Spanish civil war. 1941 arrested in France by Nazis, until 1945 in a number of concentration camps (incl. Dachau, Auschwitz). After 1945 important function as a journalist and lecturer on Nazi atrocities. Publications: Die Stärkeren. Ein Bericht, 1949; Auschwitz. Zeugnisse und Berichte, 1962 (with H. G. Adler and E. Lingens-Reiner); Der Auschwitz-Prozeß. Eine Dokumentation, 1965; Auschwitz und die junge Generation, 1967; Menschen in Auschwitz, 1972; ... nicht wie die Schafe zur Schlachtbank, 1980; Pasaremos. Briefe aus dem Span. Bürgerkrieg, 1982; Nationalsozialistische Massentötungen durch Giftgas, 1983 (with E. Kogon, A. Rückerl et al.). Literature: A. Pelinka (ed.), H. L. - zum 80. Geburtstag, 1993.
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