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- ↑ Franciszer, Piper. Auschwitz: How Many Perished: Jews, Poles, Gypsies. 1991. p.52.
- ↑ Autor, Franiszek Piper. Państwowe Muzeum Auschwitz-Birkenau 2016.
- ↑ Google Scholar (2016). "Franciszek Piper, Auschwitz: How Many Perished". Citations in Works Hosted by Google Books.
{{cite journal}}:|author=has generic name (help)See also:WorldCat.org (2016). "Piper, Franciszek". Search Results: Author. - ↑ Jonathan Huener (2003). Auschwitz, Poland, and the Politics of Commemoration, 1945–1979. Ohio University Press. ISBN 0821441140.
- Books by Franciszek Piper in libraries ( WorldCat catalog)
