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German historian and Nazi concentration camp survivor

Eugen Kogon (2 February – 24 December ) was a German historian and Nazi concentration camp survivor. A well-known Christian opponent of the Nazi Party, Kogon was arrested more than once and spent six years at Buchenwald concentration camp.

Known in Germany as a journalist, sociologist, political scientist, author, and politician, he went on to be considered one of the "intellectual fathers" of both West Germany and European integration.

Eugen Kogon – Wikipedia

His book The Theory and Practice of Hell&#;[de] still stands as a basic reference on Nazi crimes.

Early years

Eugen Kogon was born in Munich, the son of an unmarried Russian-Jewish mother from Mykolaiv (a city then part of the Russian Empire, now in Ukraine). When he was 2 years old, she died and he was given foster parents and later attended a Catholic boarding school.^[1][2] He spent the larger portion of his youth in Catholic monasteries.

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