Stevens Memorial Library (North Andover)

I was a doctor in Auschwitz, Gisella Perl ; introduction by Phyllis Lassner and Danny M. Cohen ; afterword by Eva Hoffman

eng

Includes bibliographical references and index

autobiography

illustrations

index present

non fiction

I was a doctor in Auschwitz

bibliography

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Gisella Perl ; introduction by Phyllis Lassner and Danny M. Cohen ; afterword by Eva Hoffman

Lexington studies in Jewish literature

"Gisella Perl's memoir is an extraordinarily candid account of women's extreme efforts to survive Auschwitz. Her story individualizes and, therefore, humanizes a victim of mass dehumanization. Perl contributes to our understanding og the gendered Nazi policies and practices targeting Jewish women as racially poisonous. Perl's memoir significantly includes the Nazis' Roma victims as well as Nazi women guards as perpetrators. It is both graphic in its horrific details and eloquent in its emotional responses. A major historical contribution is Perl's account of being forced to assist Dr. Josef Mengele and using her position to save the lives of other women prisoners. These efforts, including infanticide and abortion, are topics that would remain silenced for decades"--Back cover

Dr. Kapezius -- "I want to go with them" -- Arrival at Auschwitz -- Auschwitz : a day within its borders -- Dinner at Auschwitz -- The "beauty parlor" -- Auschwitz treasure-trove : Julika Farkas -- Charlotte Junger -- The value of a piece of string -- Irma Greze -- "Concert" in Auschwitz -- Margarine -- Block VII : the latrine -- Childbirth in Camp C -- The hospital staff -- The story of the fatal handkerchief -- One woman's death -- The bag of diamonds -- The life-saving embryo -- The story of Jeanette -- Liquidation of Camp C -- Farewell to Auschwitz -- Trip to Hamburg -- Hamburg : dege Werke -- Belsen Bergen -- General Gleen Hughes -- Abbé Brand