Values and violence in Auschwitz : a sociological analysis / Anna Pawełczyńska ; translated and with an introduction by Catherine S. Leach.

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 149-[150]

The world outside the camp: frames of reference. The authority of terror. Defense of the dimension of life -- Institutions of state crime -- Living space. At home. The road to work. Space and communication -- Breaking the prisoners' solidarity -- Social differentiation and the odds for survival. Unequal chances on arrival. Unequal chances of defense -- A place in the structure of terror. Penal crews. The privileges of relative stability. Ambiguous privileges. Muselmanner-beyond chance and judgment. Industrial death. The elite -- The psychological relativity of numbers. Size of the apparatus of violence. Colored triangles. Letters and numbers -- Love and erotica -- Socio-economic defense mechanisms. The function and evolution of the camp market. The battle for power -- The organized resistance movement -- Mechanisms of adaption and self-defense. The social experiment. Reduction of material needs -- People and values. Values as a frame of reference. The reinterpretation of moral standards.