Franciszek Piper

Franciszek Piper
Cover of Auschwitz: How Many Perished by Franciszek Piper, 1992
Born	Franciszek Piper 1941 Warsaw, Poland
Nationality	Polish
Occupation	Author, scholar, historian,

Franciszek Piper (born 1941) is a Polish scholar, historian and author. Most of his work concerns the Holocaust, especially the history of the Auschwitz concentration camp. Dr. Piper is credited as one of the historians who helped establish a more accurate number of victims of Auschwitz-Birkenau death camps. According to his research, at least 1.1 million people perished at Auschwitz-Birkenau, of whom about 960,000 were Jewish.^[1] He is the author of several books and chair of the Historical Department at the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum.^[2]

Written works

• Auschwitz Prisoner Labor, Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, 2002, ISBN 8388526243
• Poles in Auschwitz, Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, 2013, Voices of Memory Series: 8, ISBN 9788377040591
• I Am Healthy and I Feel Fine: The Auschwitz Letters of Marian Henryk Serejski, 2010
• Auschwitz: How Many Perished Jews, Poles, Gypsies, Krakow: Poligrafia ITS, 1992, OCLC 30831088 (Yad Vashem Studies Vol. XXI Jerusalem, 1991 excerpts)
• Auschwitz: Nazi Death Camp, Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum; 1st edition 1996, 2nd edition 2002, ISBN 8385047565
• Żydzi w KL Auschwitz, Państwowe Muzeum Auschwitz-Birkenau, 2015, Głosy Pamięci Series: 9, ISBN 9788377040812
• Ilu ludzi zginęło w KL Auschwitz, Wydawn. Państwowego Muzeum w Oświęcimiu, 1992, ISBN 8385047018
• Zeszyty Oświęcimskie nr 21, ISSN 0474-8581
• Zeszyty Oświęcimskie nr 25, ISSN 0474-8581

References

• Books by Franciszek Piper in libraries (WorldCat catalog)

External links

• Piper on David Cole
• Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum Official Website
• David Cole interviews Piper
• Piper on death toll
• Piper on eyewitnesses