Philip Mechanicus Explained

Philip Mechanicus, born April 17, 1889, in Amsterdam^[1] and died in October 1944^[2] in the Auschwitz concentration camp, was a Dutch journalist^[3] and diarist.^[4]

Bibliography

• Renata Laqueur: Schreiben im KZ. Tagebücher 1940–1945 Bearbeitet von Martina Dreisbach und mit einem Geleitwort von Rolf Wernstedt, Donat-Verlag, Bremen 1992, Zugl.: New York, Univ., Diss.,, pp. 130.
• Koert Broersma: Buigen onder de storm. Levensschets van Philip Mechanicus 1889-1944, Van Gennep, Amsterdam 1993. 2019, .
• Mechanicus, Philip, In Depot, Polak & Vangennep, 1964, one of the first camp diaries to be released after the war. the Diary Keepers,Nina Siegal, ecco/Harper Collins, NY, 2023.P.331-2

Translated into English by Irene Gibbons as Waiting for Death in 1968.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Philip Mechanicus. Joods Monument.
2. Web site: Mechanicus, Philip (1889-1944) — LodView.
3. Web site: NLI AUT MultiLang - Full View of Record. uli.nli.org.il.
4. Book: Patterson, David . 2002 . Mechanicus, Philip (1889-1944) . David . Patterson . Alan L. . Berger . Sarita . Cargas . Encyclopedia of Holocaust Literature . Greenwood Publishing Group . 121-123 . 9781573562577.