Auschwitz

A Doctor's Eyewitness Account

By: Richard Seaver - translator, Tibere Kremer - translator, Miklos Nyiszli

Narrated by: Noah Michael Levine

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.

©1960, 2011 Miklos Nyiszli (P)2013 Audible, Inc.

Just wow.

I have searched for books that tell about how things were inside the camps, and I have searched for books about the experiments, and the gas chambers.

While most books skirt around those topics - this one hits the full horror head on. First rate account

Every WW-II fan must read this book.

What did you love best about Auschwitz?

I learned details i hadn't read in any of the dozens of World War II related books. Bad things, but details that should not be forgotten. To forget such things is to forget the people who suffered, and that's not right.

Which character – as performed by Noah Michael Levine – was your favorite?

I think of the victims more than any single character. They ultimately suffered the most, and paid the highest price.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

Damned if you do; damned if you don't.

Any additional comments?

Some reviews stated the narration is poor. I disagree completely. The story itself is so absorbing, nitpicking over the narration seems petty.

I regret waiting to get this book. The author tells his story in way that is on its own level. The fact he sees his wife and daughter in the end, after what they all went through, is incredible.

Shook, just shook.

Very rarely will I immerse myself and get completely lost in an audible book, but this book is a must read. The narrator Noah Michael Levine, did an OUTSTANDING job, it literally felt as if he was a person of that awful past, recounting his horrible and heroic story.
It never ceases to amaze me, the level of cruelty in this world. I can’t imagine what it must have been like, but this book...somehow...makes it seem as if you are there.

Wow

This book will haunt my dreams for many years to come. It’s not an easy listen it’s not an easy subject but it is so so important and this doctor narrated this experience so well. He really knows so many questions in my mind that I had never thought of before in regards to the holocaust. I was absolutely captivated by this book I feel like it is so important for the world to hear his story. This was excellent writing and an excellent narrative horrifying subject.

An extraordinary story of one man just doing whatever it takes to survive HELL!

This is an amazing book. Keep in mind it is a book that has been translated into English so I noticed when the wrong word was used. One example that really stood out. The author was describing the condition that I recognized as hemophilia but called it anemia. Obviously, not a big deal. This did not ruin the book. I would recommend this to anyone looking for a holocaust survivor story.

Must read

There’s no other book like this about the Holocaust that I’ve read. Gives a greater and deeper understanding of what really went on in the concentration and extermination camps.

On point

A one minute, but if you ask Patrick Fat from White I don’t wait wait what happened

Crazy

It is horrendous what the nazis did to those people it makes you upset to think that a human would do this kind of stuff to another human being

Inside view.

The people killed were not able to talk, but this man witnessed how and why they were killed. He left testimony to this buried under one of the floors and got another copy of it out.. He never knew from one moment to the next if he would also be eliminated. Near the end, he goes from camp to camp so close to liberation and yet so very close to dying himself. Even as the allies were approaching, they were killing the inmates. Unbelievable. Shows what monsters they really were.

A chilling account of survival in the face of evil

It is truly incredible what the author endured and that he was able to relay the tale of these horrors to the world. A great listen, but not for the faint of heart.