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Auschwitz

A Doctor's Eyewitness Account

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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."

When the Nazis invaded Hungary in 1944, they sent virtually the entire Jewish population to Auschwitz. A Jew and a medical doctor, the prisoner Dr. Miklos Nyiszli was spared death for a grimmer fate: to perform "scientific research" on his fellow inmates under the supervision of the man who became known as the infamous "Angel of Death" - Dr. Josef Mengele. Nyiszli was named Mengele's personal research pathologist. In that capacity he also served as physician to the Sonderkommando, the Jewish prisoners who worked exclusively in the crematoriums and were routinely executed after four months. Miraculously, Nyiszli survived to give this horrifying and sobering account.

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Narrator Noah Michael Levine's expressive performance shades in different layers of emotion as he narrates the true story of Jewish prisoner Dr. Miklos Nyiszli, who was spared death and chosen by Dr. Josef Mengele himself to assist in the Nazi doctor's terrible experiments. Levine sensitively evokes both the horror and desire for survival that permeates Dr. Nyiszli's stories of serving as Mengele's personal research pathologist and as the physician to the Sonderkommando, the Jewish prisoners who worked in the crematoriums and were routinely executed every four months. Listeners will find themselves moved by Dr. Nyiszli's moral agony over his role as Mengele's assistant and his ambition to stay alive in order to reveal the truth about Auschwitz.
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This was such a great read. A true insight to the horrific acts performed. Not sugar coated. Very real and very well done.

Amazing

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i have read several books about the holocaust but this was shocking and thought provoking

thought provoking about ones own life

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This is probably the most comprehensive account of the goings-on in a death camp, any death camp I have ever read and in particular the cremation chambers and gas chambers as well. It ought to have been a harrowing experience and for those taking part it undoubtedly was but it seems that, once again only those with opportunities and guile ever survived. selfishness or heroism? Who knows. One thing is certain. You had to be there to really experience what it was like and so I would recommend all future readers to ignore the introduction which does not do the book justice. Beyond that the distance makes the book easier to read because we weren't there and heaven forbid that we ever find ourselves in a similar situation because in the present day as then it's debatable how many of us would survive.

business as usual? That's what the introduction says

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There's no denying that this books story is harrowing, but it's also captivating. It is so well written and narrated that I thoroughly enjoyed this audio book, and it has left a lasting impression.
I have just finished listening to it and intend to listen to it again straight away.
I cant recommend this book highly enough.

Harrowing but brilliantly written and narrated

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It was difficult to listen to all the horrors and crimes committed upon these innocent people. I applaud the bravery to document such things included here. It is a book that everyone should listen to and learn from.

Harrowing account

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