Miklos Nyiszli: A Brief Summary

The first twenty pages of this book I can feel what the author is trying to make the reader feel. However, he states that he is not trying to be an author with the experiences. He does not want to lie in order to make his story to be appealing or grim, so through truth, the author is able to display the horrors he went through. I find this to be more eye opening than an over-exaggerated story. I find this opening statement to be something that not many authors of the Holocaust add to their story. This does not discredit those survivors, but it helps establish Miklos Nyiszli’s story. Despite all the terrible events that he has witnessed, I trust that he is telling the truth from his perspective.
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Auschwitz was a pretty expansive camp, but the author describes the scene like he knew it like the back of his hand. He went through the social status of each inmate, the camp’s treatment to Jews, the in and outs of Mengele’s choosing of who dies, and the camp’s processes. When you are taken in under one of the leader’s wings, it is almost necessary to understand everything about the camp itself
So far, this book is a definite page turner. I am aware that more gruesome memories are in the near future, but it is clear to see that this book tells the truth. Nyiszli states that there is no use for him to lie, and what good does it do for those who cannot tell their story? Afterall, it is clear to see that the Nazi’s were evil even in the beginning.
I am looking forward to seeing if Nyiszli goes into detail about the infamous experiments Mengele did to innocent victims of the Holocaust. I am well aware that Nyiszli is a doctor, but Mengele did not assign him a job yet. I can only wonder what horrors await Nyiszli, nonetheless. Even if he becomes a camp doctor, he will bare witness to the horrors of Auschwitz. It will not be long until he is seeing the truth behind an extermination