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Auschwitz (1960) (edit title/settings)

A Doctor's Eyewitness Account

by Miklos Nyiszli (Author) (edit contributors)

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Auschwitz was one of the first books to bring the full horror of the Nazi death camps to the American public; this is, as the New York Review of Books said, "the best brief account of the Auschwitz experience available."

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'Auschwitz' is an eyewitness account of the evil and heineous crimes inflicted by the Nazis within the walls of the notorious 'death camps' during Hitler's reign of power. It was written by holocaust survivor Miklos Nyiszli, a Jewish forensics doctor who became the unwilling assistant of war... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

'Auschwitz' is an eyewitness account of the evil and heineous crimes inflicted by the Nazis within the walls of the notorious 'death camps' during Hitler's reign of power. It was written by holocaust survivor Miklos Nyiszli, a Jewish forensics doctor who became the unwilling assistant of war criminal Dr Mengele after he and his family were trucked to Auschwitz with millions of other Jews and Nazi opponents.

Throughout the book Nyiszli describes his 'job' within the death camp in simple but powerful terms, giving a stirring and lasting image of the many horrors inflicted on the innocent people caught up in the Nazi regime. Most of us are aware to some extent of the number of people killed during this time, and of the 'gas chambers'. But Nyiszli explains the true horror of the chambers, and of the many other ways that the Nazis chose to exterminate those they considered inferior.

Nyiszli was inprisoned within the walls of Auschwitz for the final 12 months of the war, but even as the Nazi cause began to crumble, the killing continued at an even more frenzied pace. Incredibly Nyiszli survived in an environment where most prisoners lasted at most several months. Not only did he survive his journey into Hell, but he returned to his home in Poland and was eventually re united with his wife and daughter, who also survived the camp. Following the traumas suffered he was bravely able to relive the terror to put his story on paper in order that the world would know exactly what occured under the Nazis.

This book brought the enormity of the holocaust to life, and clearly described how far humans can fall from humanity; how inhuman people can become, that they could act with such appalling cruelty towards others of their species.

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May, 1944.

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  1. Miklos Nyiszli (Author)

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Original Language: Hungarian
Publisher: F. Fell
Country: United States
Publication Date: 1960
ISBN: 1559702028
Page Count: 222

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