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Auschwitz, a doctor's story, Lucie Adelsberger ; translated from the German by Susan Ray ; with an introduction by Deborah Lipstadt ; historical advice and annotations by Arthur J. Slavin

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-150)

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Auschwitz

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Lucie Adelsberger ; translated from the German by Susan Ray ; with an introduction by Deborah Lipstadt ; historical advice and annotations by Arthur J. Slavin

Women's life writings from around the world

a doctor's story

Fifty years after the liberation of the concentration camps, this memoir by Lucie Adelsberger, a Jewish female physician shipped to Auschwitz and put to work in the infirmary of the infamous death camp's Gypsy section, serves as a haunting reminder of the horrors perpetrated by the Nazi regime. Adelsberger vividly describes the Hell that was Auschwitz, uniquely capturing the ordeals suffered by women, who were especially vulnerable once they reached the camps. Throughout her account, Adelsberger depicts the methods the Nazis used to degrade and dehumanize Jews and other holocaust victims, robbing them of their dignity, their freedom, and oftentimes their lives. Her poignant testament to the human suffering and the human spirit at Auschwitz will stir readers deeply

The trap -- The housing crisis -- Fear -- Praying for the death of one's parents -- Him or me -- The alien city -- The shrill whistle -- Stripped of everything -- The Gypsy camp -- Mulo, Mulo -- Sunday in the camp -- Hunger -- Roll call -- Typhus -- Candy for the little ones -- The dentist -- On death -- Why? -- Kohinoor -- Curds and whey -- Das Sonderkommando -- The pilgrimage to death -- In the sauna -- Gypsy night -- The mother and the grandmother -- Motherhood -- Between the spheres -- Mala, the Belgian woman -- A broken leg -- Two Hungarians -- Behind the fence -- A hike through the snow -- Disgust -- The liberation -- Looking back (summer 1946)