The field or genre of The Magician Of Auschwitz is historical nonfiction. The book is historical nonfiction because it is about the horrid concentration camps and World War 2. It is hard to find the genre for The Magician Of Auschwitz since Kathy Kacer had changed Levin’s name and she probably changed some other details too but it is more historical nonfiction than fiction.
The point of view in the magician of auschwitz is mostly Werner's but Kathy Kacer manages to let the reader get to know a little bit of what all the characters think about the holocaust. For example in the beginning of the book she mentions that the prisoners think “Only the strong will survive” while the prison guards