Jewish doctors and the Holocaust : the anatomy of survival in Auschwitz / Ross W. Halpin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Halpin, Ross, author.

Language:

German

Subjects (All):

Auschwitz (Concentration camp).

Jewish physicians--Nazi persecution.

Jewish physicians.

Physical Description:

xx, 233 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, [2018]

Contents:

Part I The Road to Auschwitz p. 9

Part II Parallel Lives: Drs Sima Vaisman, Gisella Perl and Louis Micheels p. 21

1 Dr Sima Vaisman p. 24

2 Louis Micheels p. 40

3 Dr Gisella Perl p. 55

Part III Jewish Physicians and the Hospital System p. 73

4 Hospitals and Infirmaries p. 76

5 Block 10 p. 86

Jewish Doctors and Human Experimentation p. 86

Dr Alina Brewda p. 91

Maximilian Samuel p. 97

6 Daily Life p. 103

Muselmänner p. 109

Lucie Adelsberger p. 111

7 Ethical Dilemmas, Choiceless Choices and the Human Condition p. 115

Selections p. 120

Relationship with SS and Non-Jewish prisoner doctors p. 123

Part IV Survival p. 127

8 Status p. 135

9 Personal Traits p. 149

10 Defence Mechanisms p. 161

Part V Anatomy of Survival p. 175

Louis Micheels p. 178

Gisella Perl p. 179

Sima Vaisman p. 180

Alina Brewda p. 181

Lucie Adelsberger p. 181

Maximilian Samuel p. 182

Non-medical survivors p. 183

Kalman Bar On p. 184

Tichauer Helen 'Zippi' p. 186

Part VI Evaluation of Sources p. 189.

ISBN:

9783110596045

3110596040

OCLC:

1057015459