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Auschwitz: A Doctor's Eyewitness Account by Miklos Nyiszli

7 reviews

elg1105's review against another edition

challenging dark sad fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Violence, Antisemitism, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicide, Blood, Cannibalism, and Alcohol

ivywwx's review against another edition

dark informative medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Genocide, Hate crime, Slavery, Suicide, Violence, Antisemitism, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, and War

millies_swedish_journal's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad fast-paced

5.0

I have read survivor books and text books about the Holocaust for 40 years. But this book is nothing like anything I have ever read before. Miklós Nyiszli describes Auschwitz like a science report, we are spared no details, he made sure to see everything so he could testify to the world, if he survived. The book leaves you in utter shock, no matter how many books about the topic you have read before. I have only managed to read a few pages each day because it has left me traumatized and with nightmares.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Antisemitism, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation

midnightstory's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Antisemitism, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Murder, War, and Deportation

kjack99's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense

4.5

I didn’t care for the victim-shaming foreword, which was not written by Dr. Miklos, but the rest of the book was very informative, eye-opening, and heart wrenching. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Eating disorder, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Medical content, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Murder, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism and Suicide

magsbord's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation

book_bear's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring sad tense fast-paced

5.0

Very good, easy to read (language wise) book. The Jewish doctor speaks of the horrors he witnessed in Auschwitz. Its a very heavy read, full of death as you might expect. Still, I learned some new things about Auschwitz, the Holocaust, and the barbarians that called themselves Nazis. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Antisemitism, Medical content, Murder, Alcohol, and War