Auschwitz: A Doctor's Eyewitness Account

by Miklós Nyiszli

Book Overview

2020 Reprint of the 1960 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition and not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. When the Nazis invaded Hungary in 1944, they shipped virtually the entire... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1559702028
• ISBN13: 9781559702027
• Release Date: September 1993
• Publisher: Arcade Publishing
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.6" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

This book is the best Holocaust book I've read

This account of the Auschwitz Sonderkommando is the best memoir I have read to date. It was very easy to pick up and read, and was nearly impossible to put down. Dr. Nyiszli is very factual, and gives careful testimony to his time spent in hell. I feel that I've learned more from this one book than I have in all the others I've read combined (as well as my college Holocaust class). Miklos Nyiszli is a hero for bringing this record into the public sphere.

Auschwitz:A Doctor's Eyewitness Account

As someone who has read many first-hand Auschwitz accounts, I found this the best. It is a rare look into the everyday functions of a systematic genocide; finely written to include the most interesting information. Also, it includes a personal look into the personality and brutal workings of Dr. Mengele from a viewpoint that no other account can offer.

Incomprehensible

For Dr. Nyiszli to bear witness to the day-in and day-out horror of Auschwitz, and still be able to write about it, is quite unreal. Working as a pathologist for Dr. Mengele in the confines of the crematorium compound, we read of the horrors of the camp, and how both inmates & guards coped.

Should be required reading!

Reading this book has completely altered my perception on the human being, individually, and as a whole. The events that took place in Auschwitz were so horrific and yet they mustn't be forgotten. Any person claiming a reasonable level of education must read this book. It will literally change the reader forever.

An Unbelievable True Story

This book provides us with a first eye look at the operations at the infamous Nazi concentration camp, Auschwitz. Dr. Miklos Nyislzi volunteered his services as a doctor/pathologist to the notorious "Angel of Death", Dr. Mengele. The experiments that were performed are unbelievable. How Dr. Nyislzi avoided getting killed on numerous occasions is beyond me. The ending to this book is perhaps the most astonishing part of all. A must read.