Hermann Langbein [SEP] conflict
Hermann Langbein
Hermann Langbein (18 May 1912 in Vienna, Austria – 24 October 1995 in Vienna, Austria) was an Austrian who fought in the Spanish Civil War with the International Brigades for the Spanish Republicans against the Nationalists under Francisco Franco. He was interned in France after the end of the Spanish Civil War, and then sent to German concentration camps after the fall of France in 1940.
Over the next few years he was imprisoned in several different camps (Dachau, Auschwitz and others).
Interned in
year in Linz. Moreover, Langbein belonged to the Museum Council of the Auschwitz-Birkenau and worked on the redesign of the exhibition.
The author and writer Kurt Langbein is his son.
Works.
He wrote several books about his experiences in the camps. The most important and influential is:
- "People in Auschwitz." Tranl. Henry Friedlander. University of North Carolina Press, 2003, .
External links.
- In Memoriam Prof. Hermann Langbein-German
- Hermann Langbein at Yad