Table of Contents

Introduction
Part One: Reality
1. The Alleged Extermination of Jews at Auschwitz: Origins of the Decision and its Execution
2. The ‘Bunkers’ in the Planning of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Camp
3. The ‘Bunkers’ in the Construction of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Camp
Part Two: Propaganda
4. The Origin of the Propaganda Story of the ‘Bunkers’ – Wartime Rumors
5. The Propaganda Is Consolidated: Postwar Testimonies
6. Literary Variations on the Propaganda
Part Three: Propaganda Becomes Historical “Reality”
7. Making History Out of Propaganda
8. The Development of the Official Historiography of the ‘Bunkers’
9. Material Proof, Aerial Photos, and Archeological Findings
Conclusion