The Sterbebücher were published in 1995 (J. Debski (red), Sterbebücher von Auschwitz / Death books from Auschwitz, 3 vols, Staatlichen Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau, 1995) and can also be consulted on-line.
Only for persons who were officially registered in the camp, in most cases as a forced labourer, a death certificate was drawn up. For those who were murdered upon arrival a registration was not applicable. See for more information the following article.