book "Into That Darkness" by Gitta Sereny
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"Into That Darkness" is a non-fiction work by Gitta Sereny that explores the life, motivations, and moral responsibility of Nazi death camp commandant Franz Stangl through extensive interviews and historical investigation.
All labels observed (1)
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| book "Into That Darkness" by Gitta Sereny canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2463825 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: book "Into That Darkness" by Gitta Sereny Context triple: [Franz Stangl, subjectOf, book "Into That Darkness" by Gitta Sereny]
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A.
book "Tuxedo Park" by Jennet Conant
"Tuxedo Park" by Jennet Conant is a nonfiction book that chronicles the life of financier and scientist Alfred Lee Loomis and his secretive research community that played a pivotal role in American scientific advances before and during World War II.
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B.
book "An American Life: One Man's Road to Watergate"
"An American Life: One Man's Road to Watergate" is a memoir by Jeb Stuart Magruder recounting his involvement in the Nixon administration and the events leading up to the Watergate scandal.
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C.
book "Bitter Fruit"
"Bitter Fruit" is a nonfiction book that examines the 1954 CIA-backed coup in Guatemala and the role of the United Fruit Company in shaping U.S. foreign policy and Latin American politics.
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D.
Primo Levi's Auschwitz trilogy
Primo Levi's Auschwitz trilogy is a collection of three autobiographical works that chronicle his experiences in the Nazi concentration camp and his subsequent journey back to Italy, offering profound reflections on survival, memory, and humanity.
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E.
memoir "Raising Demons"
"Raising Demons" is Shirley Jackson’s darkly comic memoir that continues her portrayal of chaotic family life and suburban motherhood begun in "Life Among the Savages."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: book "Into That Darkness" by Gitta Sereny Target entity description: "Into That Darkness" is a non-fiction work by Gitta Sereny that explores the life, motivations, and moral responsibility of Nazi death camp commandant Franz Stangl through extensive interviews and historical investigation.
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A.
book "Tuxedo Park" by Jennet Conant
"Tuxedo Park" by Jennet Conant is a nonfiction book that chronicles the life of financier and scientist Alfred Lee Loomis and his secretive research community that played a pivotal role in American scientific advances before and during World War II.
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B.
book "An American Life: One Man's Road to Watergate"
"An American Life: One Man's Road to Watergate" is a memoir by Jeb Stuart Magruder recounting his involvement in the Nixon administration and the events leading up to the Watergate scandal.
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C.
book "Bitter Fruit"
"Bitter Fruit" is a nonfiction book that examines the 1954 CIA-backed coup in Guatemala and the role of the United Fruit Company in shaping U.S. foreign policy and Latin American politics.
-
D.
Primo Levi's Auschwitz trilogy
Primo Levi's Auschwitz trilogy is a collection of three autobiographical works that chronicle his experiences in the Nazi concentration camp and his subsequent journey back to Italy, offering profound reflections on survival, memory, and humanity.
-
E.
memoir "Raising Demons"
"Raising Demons" is Shirley Jackson’s darkly comic memoir that continues her portrayal of chaotic family life and suburban motherhood begun in "Life Among the Savages."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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non-fiction book ⓘ |
| about |
Operation Reinhard
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SS command structure ⓘ bureaucracy of genocide ⓘ denial and self-justification ⓘ individual versus collective guilt ⓘ mass murder of Jews ⓘ |
| author | Gitta Sereny ⓘ |
| basedOn | interviews with Franz Stangl ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| format | print ⓘ |
| genre |
Holocaust studies
ⓘ
biographical study ⓘ history ⓘ |
| hasForm |
hardcover
ⓘ
paperback ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced |
Holocaust historiography
ⓘ
studies of perpetrator motivation ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | critical examination of moral responsibility ⓘ |
| hasSubjectEvent |
Holocaust in Poland
ⓘ
surface form:
Holocaust in occupied Poland
Treblinka extermination operations ⓘ |
| hasSubjectOrganization | SS ⓘ |
| hasSubjectPerson | Franz Stangl ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Franz Stangl
ⓘ
Holocaust in Poland ⓘ Nazi death camps ⓘ Sobibor ⓘ
surface form:
Sobibor extermination camp
Treblinka ⓘ
surface form:
Treblinka extermination camp
moral responsibility ⓘ perpetrator psychology ⓘ war crimes ⓘ |
| notableFor |
in-depth interviews with a Nazi camp commandant
ⓘ
psychological analysis of a Holocaust perpetrator ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1974 ⓘ |
| publisher | André Deutsch ⓘ |
| setting |
Sobibor
ⓘ
surface form:
Sobibor extermination camp
Treblinka ⓘ
surface form:
Treblinka extermination camp
Second Republic of Austria ⓘ
surface form:
post-war Austria
Allied occupation of Germany ⓘ
surface form:
post-war Germany
|
| subtitle | From Mercy Killing to Mass Murder ⓘ |
| timePeriodCovered |
Holocaust
ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
surface form:
Second World War
post-war trials of Nazi perpetrators ⓘ |
| title | Into That Darkness ⓘ |
| usesMethod |
archival research
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oral history ⓘ |
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Subject: book "Into That Darkness" by Gitta Sereny Description of subject: "Into That Darkness" is a non-fiction work by Gitta Sereny that explores the life, motivations, and moral responsibility of Nazi death camp commandant Franz Stangl through extensive interviews and historical investigation.
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