Michael Admiraal

Michael Admiraal is a retired chartered accountant who has recently obtained an MA in military history at the University of Wolverhampton. He lives with his wife in the Netherlands and is currently pursuing a PhD project related to tanks in the Great War.

‘Auschwitz, never again’

How many times do these three words have to be said?

Auschwitz was the epitome of man-made hell. But there were many roads to similar infernos, right across Occupied Europe.

Along the Road to Hell is the story of an intergenerational road trip - a father, born in the 1920s and a baby-boomber son - to eight concentration camps in present day Germany, Austria, Poland, the Czech Republic and France. It reveals how they both look at the atrocities of the Nazi regime from their own perspective.

It also provides a historical description and a travel guide for anyone who wants to know more about concentration camps - what happened during the war, who were the victims and the perpetrators, and what still can be seen and experienced. Maps and images of the camps make the journey complete.

Only when you have actually been to hell, can you truly start to understand what it must have been like to experience it.

Along the Road to Hell will be published by Chiselbury in late 2024. Pre-orders will be available soon.