Dr. Robert Jan Van Pelt is internationally recognized as one of the leading authorities on the history of Auschwitz. Between 1997 and 1998 he chaired the team that developed the master plan for the conservation of the Auschwitz camp and, in addition, participated as an expert witness in the famous case against the British historian and writer David Irving (London, 1998-2001), Holocaust denier.
Van Pelt, born in Harleem (Holland), has published several books on the field, including the internationally awarded Auschwitz, 1270 to the Present (Auschwitz: from 1270 to the present, 1996) or The Case for Auschwitz (In defense from Auschwitz, 2002). Throughout his career, he has also developed historical advice in films, as he did in the television documentary Auschwitz: the Nazis and the «Final Solution» (2005) by Laurence Rees and has been one of the curators of such successful exhibitions. as The Evidence Room, inaugurated at the Venice Biennale in 2016.
Van Pelt, born in Harleem (Holland), has published several books on the field, including the internationally awarded Auschwitz, 1270 to the Present (Auschwitz: from 1270 to the present, 1996) or The Case for Auschwitz (In defense from Auschwitz, 2002). Throughout his career, he has also developed historical advice in films, as he did in the television documentary Auschwitz: the Nazis and the «Final Solution» (2005) by Laurence Rees and has been one of the curators of such successful exhibitions. as The Evidence Room, inaugurated at the Venice Biennale in 2016.
