Auschwitz: A Doctor's Story (Women's Life Writings from Around the World) - Hardcover

Adelsberger, Lucie

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1555532330 ISBN 13: 9781555532338

Publisher: Northeastern University Press, 1995

Synopsis

Fifty years after the liberation of the concentration camps, this memoir by Lucie Adelsberger, a Jewish female physician shipped to Auschwitz and put to work in the infirmary of the infamous death camp's Gypsy section, serves as a haunting reminder of the horrors perpetrated by the Nazi regime.
In this memoir, Adelsberger vividly describes the Hell that was Auschwitz, uniquely capturing the ordeals suffered by women, who were especially vulnerable once they reached the camps.
Throughout her moving memoir, Adelsberger depicts the methods the Nazis used to degrade and dehumanize Jews and other holocaust victims, robbing them of their dignity, their freedom, and oftentimes their lives. Her poignant testament to the human suffering and the human spirit at Auschwitz will stir readers deeply.

About this title

About the Author:

LUCIE ADELSBERGER (1895-1971) was born in Nuremberg and educated at the University of Erlangen. Before she was deported to Auschwitz in 1943, she lived in Berlin and worked as a private physician. Following World War II, she immigrated to the United States and continued her practice. Her research at the Robert Koch Institute brought her worldwide attention in the fields of immunology and allergies.

Language Notes:

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: German

About this edition

• Publisher: Northeastern University Press
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 1555532330
• ISBN 13: 9781555532338
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 176