In October 2018, the Faces of Auschwitz team was honored to travel to the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum to pay our respects. While there, we used the access […]
King Edward VII And Tsar Nicholas II, 1908
King Edward VII and Tsar Nicholas II bypass operation team on the yacht “Standart”, 1908. The Standart was an Imperial Russian yacht serving Emperor Nicholas II and […]
The Colour Of Time Shortlisted For Waterstones Book Of The Year 2018
The Colour Of Time has been shortlisted for the Waterstones Book of the Year 2018 and I can’t thank you guys enough for supporting this project so […]
The Times And Sunday Times Bestseller
After a week on sale, The Colour of Time is a The Times and Sunday Times bestseller. Thank you so much for your amazing support!
The Colour Of Time: A New History Of The World, 1850-1960
Early in the 16th century Leonardo da Vinci jotted in his notebook a few lines about perspective. As objects get further away, he wrote, three things seen […]
Faces Of Auschwitz: Iwan Rebałka
IWAN REBAŁKA was born on February 6, 1925 to Nastasja and, his father, Maksym Rybałka. At the time, the family lived in Syrowatka, Kreis Krasnopilla, Russland—an area which […]
Editor’s Choice, The Bookseller: The Colour Of Time
Faces Of Auschwitz: Gersz Zysking
GERSZ ZYSKING was born November 17, 1913, in Łódź (the so-called Kingdom of Poland at the time, part of the Russian empire). He was registered as a prisoner […]
Faces Of Auschwitz: Norbert Głuszecki, Rudolf Głuszecki, Seweryn Głuszecki.
NORBERT “ISRAEL” GŁUSZECKI was a notary public born on November 27th, 1886 in Podwołoczyska, near Tarnopol, to Ludwig and Sabina Głuszecki. Israel is not actually Norbert’s middle name. Under […]
Faces Of Auschwitz: Józefa Głazowska
JÓZEFA GŁAZOWSKA was born on March 19th, 1930, in the village of Sitaniec, near Zamość. Along with her parents and a group of around 370 people, Józefa was […]
Faces Of Auschwitz: Vinzent (Vinzenz) Daniel
VINZENT (Vinzenz) DANIEL was born on August 15, 1919 in the village of Smrčná in Czechoslovakia. After being arrested in Prague by the criminal police he was deported […]
Faces Of Auschwitz: Prisoner 2731
Telling the personal stories of the prisoners of the German Nazi Auschwitz camp is important, and in some cases, difficult. During the evacuation of the camp in […]