Auschwitz war für mich nur ein Bahnhof : Franz Novak, der Transportoffizier Adolf Eichmanns

Traces the life of Franz Novak (b. 1913 in Wolfsberg, Austria) an officer of the SS, who worked under Adolf Eichmann between 1938-45. Deals with his childhood, youth, membership in the Hitlerjugend and the SA, his advancement in the party, and his activities as head of the transportation section in the RSHA. His task was to arrange the schedules of the trains which transported Jews from the Nazi-occupied countries of Europe to the concentration and extermination camps, mainly to Auschwitz. He was the "traffic superintendent of death." Relates how he hid under a false name between 1945-57, his arrest in 1961 after Eichmann's capture, trials in Vienna between 1964-72 in which he was convicted and afterwards acquitted repeatedly, and his release in 1978. Pp. 115-229 contain the texts of documents, divided into three sections: the acts of perpetrators of war crimes, excerpts from war crimes trials, and testimonies of Holocaust survivors. Includes bibliographical references (pages 230-234) and index. 239 pages ; 21 cm