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Recommended from a virtual tour I took via the Holocaust Education Center on Auschwitz this year.

Such a sad, brutal and heartbreaking memoir.

Everyone should read this book.

Humans=trash

Not much can be added that hasn‘t already been said about the horrors of the Holocaust. This is a great read that gives a fascinating and unique perspective. A Jewish doctor and assistant to Josef Mengele gives his eye witness account. A wonderfully written and heart breaking story of a man‘s fight to survive.

I imagine when this book was originally published, in 1960, it was quite shocking. It still is, but I‘ve read so much about the Holocaust, that there wasn‘t a lot new, though there was some. I feel badly that I‘m not rating it higher. I didn‘t feel as much of an emotional connection (usually) as I thought I might. Cont in comments...

Nyiszli was taken to Auschwitz in 1944 and worked as a doctor under Joseph Mengele. It‘s the most heartbreaking #memoir I‘ve ever read. It‘s a difficult read but an important one. #maylovesclassics #litsyclassics

When bf mentions he wants to read something, I run to the bookshop immediately. Let's hope he'll actually read it�

A sobering account of the #Auschwitz concentration camp #atrocity, by a #Jewish #prisoner and #medical #doctor Dr. Miklos Nyiszli. A hard book to read. #WWII #memoir #nonfiction #war #2017TBR #lovereading #history

Nothing is scarier to me than the fact that something on this scale actually happened with such cold efficiency by people convinced they were right. #AllHallowsRead #ScaryRead #scarynonfiction