Although the subject matter is a difficult one to swallow as a child born into a generation which has not suffered much, it is necessary. The author gives his raw account of a most difficult time and place to be alive in. These events need to be told and retold because its horrors are very real. Knowledge of our past properly empowers us to protect our future.  

Review: Auschwitz: A Doctor's Eyewitness Account

I was lucky to have discovered this book in my dad's old shelves a few weeks before my mid-year examinations, there's nothing like a good book to rest between study periods. It's an entertaining and ... Read full review

Review: Auschwitz: A Doctor's Eyewitness Account

This book was a very interesting book, but I would not recommend it unless you enjoy the holocaust. It has a lot of facts--well it was written by a Jewish prisoner doctor from the concentration camps ... Read full review

Review: Auschwitz: A Doctor's Eyewitness Account

So my Dad was clearing out his book collection in the garage and asked me to pick out anything I wanted. I chose to take upwards of fifteen books, one of them being Auschwitz by Dr. Miklos Nyiszli. It ... Read full review

Review: Auschwitz: A Doctor's Eyewitness Account

This is not the kind of book you really say you "liked," but it probably is 3 star worthy. I teach a Holocaust unit each spring to my 8th graders. We always read Night by Elie Wiesel, but I always try ... Read full review

Review: Auschwitz: A Doctor's Eyewitness Account

This eye witness account is from the perspective of a person one might call a collaborator in that he willingly worked for Dr. Mengele in Auschwitz for almost a year. He was a prisoner, his life was ... Read full review

Review: Auschwitz: A Doctor's Eyewitness Account

It is difficult to 'like' a book like this. This jewish doctor cooperated with the SS and Mengele in their insane and murderous actions. It is a very thought provoking book. Why did so many walk into ... Read full review

Review: Auschwitz: A Doctor's Eyewitness Account

A horrifying eye-witness account by a doctor who worked as a prisoner under Dr. Mengele. This is not an easy book to read. How can people be so morally and spiritually bankrupt as to allow this to happen in the world (and it does still happen)? Read full review

Review: Auschwitz: A Doctor's Eyewitness Account

The foreword is the most important part of the book. Though I thought the content was valid because it steps you through the process of what happens to someone who lives for only bodily survival. Read full review

Review: Auschwitz: A Doctor's Eyewitness Account

Auschwitz – Miklos Nyiszli –- 1960 The story of a Jewish doctor whose family was sent to Auschwitz. The wife and children were gassed and burned; he was assigned by Mengele to be the “coroner” in a ... Read full review