num_pages: 379
description: The scene is Treblinka; the character is Franz Stangl. The theme is the mass extermination of men, women and children. As Commandant of Treblinka, Stangl was imprisoned for life. Gitta Sereny covered the trial on behalf of a London newspaper. Fascinated by the prisoner, she decided to make an effort to get to know him better, to delineate him more deeply.
language: English
title: Into That Darkness: From Mercy Killing to Mass Murder
titlecomplete: Into That Darkness: From Mercy Killing to Mass Murder
genres: Historical, Biography, War, Psychology, Nonfiction, True Crime, Holocaust, Germany, History, World War II
ratings_count: 2606
publisher: Deutsch