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Chapter 6: Purgatory …
Chapter 6 delves into the narrator’s reflection on the fifteen years he spent living in New York City, which he describes as his personal purgatory. This period began after he disappeared from Germany at the close of World War II, only to resurface unnoticed in Greenwich Village. He rented a small, shabby attic apartment, where the unsettling presence of rats within the walls added to his sense of isolation. This bleak and oppressive living situation lasted for years, providing him little comfort or…-
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Chapter 7: Autobiography …
Chapter 7 takes the reader through Howard W. Campbell, Jr.'s early life, offering a reflective view of his childhood in Schenectady, New York. Born on February 16, 1912, he recalls growing up in a household where his father, an engineer at General Electric, was mostly absent due to his work in the Service Engineering Department. This department required frequent travel for the installation and maintenance of heavy machinery, which kept him away from home. Campbell describes his father’s sole passion, a…-
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Chapter 2: Special Detail …
Chapter 2 introduces Andor Gutman, a guard who replaces Arnold Marx every noon. Both are roughly the same age, around forty-eight, and Gutman, an Estonian Jew, carries a deeply unsettling history from his time at Auschwitz. His life was nearly cut short when he was assigned to the Sonderkommando, a notorious group tasked with guiding condemned prisoners to the gas chambers and later removing their bodies. His fate was dramatically changed when Himmler issued the order to shut down the crematorium ovens,…-
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Chapter 3: Briquets …
Chapter 3 introduces Arpad Kovacs, a guard who replaces Andor Gutman each night at six o’clock. Arpad is portrayed as an energetic and extravagant individual, known for his tendency to boast. Upon beginning his shift, he eagerly requests to see Gutman’s writings, offering praise without having actually read them, walking up and down the corridor with an air of confidence and cheerfulness. His actions project a sense of superiority and a need to be seen as an important figure, which contrasts with the…-
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Chapter 4: Leather Straps …
Chapter 4 introduces Bernard Mengel, a Polish Jew and a late-night prison guard, who forms an unexpected connection with the narrator. This meeting leads to the recounting of a harrowing experience where Mengel managed to save his life by pretending to be dead. A German soldier, unaware of his survival, extracted three gold inlays from his teeth, marking a chilling moment in his life and underlining the desperate lengths that individuals were forced to go to survive the brutality of war. The complexity of…-
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Chapter 1 opens with an introduction to Howard W. Campbell, Jr., a man caught in a web of contradictions, being an American by birth but tied to the Nazi regime by his actions during the Second World War. In 1961, Campbell finds himself imprisoned in a modern Jerusalem jail, where he writes to Mr. Tuvia Friedmann, the Director of the Haifa Institute for the Documentation of War Criminals. Friedmann, intrigued by Campbell’s past as a suspected war criminal, has shown an unexpected kindness by offering him…
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Editor’s Note
Editor's Note provides insight into the American edition of Howard W. Campbell, Jr.'s confessions, diving deep into the complexities of Campbell’s dual identity as a writer and an individual accused of severe crimes. Campbell, a playwright with modest success, is depicted as a person adept at manipulating truth to serve his artistic purposes. This dynamic presents a profound dichotomy: while Campbell’s fabrications may deceive, they can also embody a unique form of truth that deeply resonates with…-
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