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Auschwitz

A Doctor's Eyewitness Account

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Auschwitz

By: Richard Seaver - translator, Tibere Kremer - translator, Miklos Nyiszli
Narrated by: Noah Michael Levine
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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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Editorial reviews

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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An unforgivable history of genocide and trauma. This book is a necessary glimpse into the horror that unfolded.

Beyond comprehension

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Wish the narrator had done basic research in german pronunciation - detracted from an important piece of work

Important story

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What a powerful story from a person who survived a horrific time in history. Well written, presented with excellent narration

powerful

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Whilst this story is confronting, it's an absolute must for many of us to be aware of past atrocities so we can make sure they don't happen again. I really couldn't put this one down... very well told.

Absolute must read

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A unique first hand account of someone who worked closely with the SS and had more of an overview of what was going rather than a survivor in the barracks who had no chance of knowing. Brilliantly written and performed.

Fascinatingly Horrific

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Eye opening provides awareness of human resilience and the extent to which we harm ourselves

Great read

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Heartbreaking, but a really interesting perspective from the usual accounts. I had to listen all in one go as I was hooked.

Highly recommend!

Heartbreaking

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It was a interesting read, but I have just come off the back of many Holocaust books and this one wasn't a stand out. In saying that he wasn't kept in general population so his experiences were very different to normal

Interesting side of Holocaust

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There is no doubt that everything within this book is truly terrifying, but I have also have a friend who was telling me about a book called "An Auschwitz Doctor's Eyewitness Account: The Tall Tales of Dr. Mengele's Assistant Analyzed" which claims that Nyszli is "either an extraordinary impostor or a lunatic".... So I was unable to take the recount of the ordeal as complete truth... Nor do I discredit everything said.... I am sure there is a grey area in the middle of these two books where the facts/truth actually lies.

Interesting and terrifying but....

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It would have been terrifying. And the fact that anyone lived after being sent to Auschwitz, is nothing short of miracle.
But, I did often wonder if the 'good doctor' and surviver, was self deluded a lot of the time, and did enjoy the recognition
he received from these butchers, that were his superiors.
I apologise if I am wrong, but I do not see this doctor as an innocent.

"Lest we forget"

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