Auschwitz: A Doctor's Story

Auschwitz: A Doctor's Story

by Lucie Adelsberger (Author), Lucie Adelsberger (Author), Deborah E. Lipstadt (Contributor), Susan H. Ray (Translator)

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A taut, terse Holocaust narrative that is all the more powerful for its ironic reserve. -- Kirkus Reviews

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 176
Edition: Revised ed.
Publisher: Northeastern University Press
Published: 15 Dec 2006

ISBN 10: 155553659X
ISBN 13: 9781555536596

Media Reviews
A taut, terse Holocaust narrative that is all the more powerful for its ironic reserve. --Kirkus Reviews
Lest Nazi Germany's brutalities be forgotten, this understated, appalling book, which first appeared in German in 1956, ought to remain perpetually in print . . . In May 1943, [Dr. Adelsberger] was transported to Auschwitz-Birkenau, where, under the general supervision of Josef Mengele, she was permitted to practice her profession . . . Her account of the starvation, cruelty, and sadism meted out to women and children against the backdrop . . . of the flames and stench from burning bodies will long remain in the minds of readers. --Booklist
Author Bio
LUCIE ADELSBERGER (1895-1971) was born in Nuremberg and educated at the University of Erlangen. Before she was deported to Auschwitz in 1943, she lived in Berlin and worked as a private physician. Following World War II, she immigrated to the United States and continued her practice. Her research at the Robert Koch Institute brought her worldwide attention in the fields of immunology and allergies.