Eugen Kogon
German journalist, sociologist, professor and Holocaust survivor (1903-1987) · Germany · On the map · Journalists · Died at 84
Eugen Kogon 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.
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![Original 1946 cover of Kogon's Der SS-Staat [de] (1950 tr. The Theory and Practice of Hell)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Der_SS-Staat.jpg/500px-Der_SS-Staat.jpg)
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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. His 1946 book The Theory and Practice of Hell - The German Concentration Camps and the System Behind Them still stands as a basic reference on Nazi crimes.
