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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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
WOW!!:
Although, it is a horrific account of the terrors of Auschwitz, it is worth the read. I finished this book in a day.
not good for leading a happy life:
The problem with this book is that it thrusts a very negative and dark side of life into all that read it. Of course the book carries factual data that needs to be known- but we all must be careful about how obsessed we become with the darkness of humanity. Reading books like this keep the holocaust with us. We continue to persecute ourselves every time we re-live the sadness and desperation that these people were forced to undergo. Their monstrous deeds continue. It is good to know what happened. In the... more info
This book should be under fiction rather than what it's used as.:
Dr. Miklos Nyiszli, the supposed author of Auschwitz, a Doctor's Eyewitness Account. There really was a Dr. Nyiszli. He was a Hungarian doctor. He was sent to Birkenau (not Auschwitz), where he worked in the pathology lab under the infamous Dr. Mengele. After the war, he testified at the Nuremburg trials. He died in 1949. The book was published in 1951. Throughout the book, the author says he was in Auschwitz. He says there were four crematoria at Auschwitz. In fact, there was one crematorium at Auschwitz,... more info
Bone-chilling account of Aushwitz-Birkenau:
A very vivid and frightening first-hand account of the horrendous atrocities committed at Auschwitz through the eyes of Dr. Mengele's assitant (Dr. Miklos Nyiszli). At times details were nauseating; not for the faint of heart or children! But this book is a must read. Everyone should be educated on the terrible crimes against humanity committed by the SS.
