Eyewitness Auschwitz
Filip Müller came to Auschwitz with one of the earliest transports from Slovakia in April 1942 and began working in the gassing installations and crematoria in May. He was still alive when the gassings ceased in November 1944. He saw millions come and disappear; by sheer luck he survived. Müller is neither a historian nor a psychologist; he is a source—one of the few prisoners who saw the Jewish people die and lived to tell about it. Eyewitness Auschwitz is one of the key documents of the...
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Filip Muller's firsthand account of three years in the gas chambers. One of the few prisoners who saw the Jewish people die and lived to tell about it, Muller has written one of the key documents of the Holocaust. A very detailed description of day-to-day life, if we can call it that, in Hell's inmost circle...jammed with infernal information too terrible to be taken all at once. --Terrence Des Pres, New Republic Jewish Press Features Riveting...it is a tale of unprecedented, incomparable horror. Profoundly, intensely painful; but it is essential reading.
Foreword1No return12Into the crematorium113The new death factories494The tragedy of the Family Camp905The inferno120AppPlans of Auschwitz173Glossary178
\ Jewish PressRiveting...it is a tale of unprecedented, incomparable horror. Profoundly, intensely painful; but it is essential reading.\ \ \ \ \ Jewish Press FeaturesRiveting...it is a tale of unprecedented, incomparable horror. Profoundly, intensely painful; but it is essential reading.\ \ \ Jewish Press FeaturesRiveting...it is a tale of unprecedented, incomparable horror. Profoundly, intensely painful; but it is essential reading.\ \ \ \ \ BooknewsMüller came to Auschwitz with one of the earliest transports from Slovakia in April 1942, and was forced to work in the gassing installations and crematoria. He was still alive when the gassings ceased in November 1944. He is one of the few prisoners who lived to tell of the horrors of Auschwitz, and his account is one of the key documents of the Holocaust. Includes b&w maps and a glossary. Lacks a subject index. First published in 1979. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)\ \
