One Long Night

"Masterful" – The New Yorker
A Best History Book of the Year by Smithsonian Magazine

A groundbreaking, haunting, and profoundly moving account of the greatest tragedy of modern times: concentration camps. For over 100 years, at least one concentration camp has existed somewhere on Earth. Originally employed as a military strategy, these camps have evolved with each decade, both in their impact and in the brutal practicality with which governments have utilized them. Even in the twenty-first century, as we continue to grapple with the scale and horror of the Holocaust, history shows us that we have broken our own solemn promise of "never again." In this harrowing work, based on archival documents and interviews conducted during travels across four continents, Andrea Pitzer reveals for the first time the chronological and geopolitical history of concentration camps. Beginning with Cuba in the 1890s, she locates concentration camps.