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I was a doctor in Auschwitz / Gisella Perl ; introduction by Phyllis Lassner and Danny M. Cohen ; afterword by Eva Hoffman.
Van Pelt Library D805.5.A96 P47 2019
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Perl, Gisella, author.
- Lassner, Phyllis, author of introduction.
- Cohen, Danny M., author of introduction.
- Hoffman, Eva, 1945- author of afterword.
- Series:
- Lexington studies in Jewish literature
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Perl, Gisella.
- Auschwitz (Concentration camp).
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).
- Jews, Romanian.
- Women gynecologists.
- Gynecologists.
- Jewish women.
- Romania.
- Poland--Oświęcim.
- World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Romanian.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Jewish women--Poland--Oświęcim--Biography.
- Women gynecologists--Poland--Oświęcim--Biography.
- Gynecologists--Poland--Oświęcim--Biography.
- Women gynecologists--Romania--Biography.
- Jews, Romanian--Biography.
- Holocaust survivors--Biography.
- Holocaust survivors.
- World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities.
- Atrocities.
- Genre:
- Personal narratives.
- Personal narratives -- Romanian.
- Biographies.
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 129 pages ; 22 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham : Lexington Books, [2019]
- Summary:
- "Gisella Perl's memoir is an extraordinarily candid account of women's extreme efforts to survive Auschwitz. It was the first memoir by a woman survivor and established the model for understanding the gendered Nazi policies and practices targeting Jewish women as racially poisonous"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Dr. Kapezius
- "I want to go with them"
- Arrival at Auschwitz
- Auschwitz : a day within its borders
- Dinner at Auschwitz
- The "beauty parlor"
- Auschwitz treasure-trove : Julika Farkas
- Charlotte Junger
- The value of a piece of string
- Irma Greze
- "Concert" in Auschwitz
- Margarine
- Block VII : the latrine
- Childbirth in Camp C
- The hospital staff
- The story of the fatal handkerchief
- One woman's death
- The bag of diamonds
- The life-saving embryo
- The story of Jeanette
- Liquidation of Camp C
- Farewell to Auschwitz
- Trip to Hamburg
- Hamburg : dege Werke
- Belsen Bergen
- General Gleen Hughes
- Abbé Brand.
- Notes:
- Originally published: New York : International Universities Press, 1948.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Perl, Gisella. I was a doctor in Auschwitz.
- ISBN:
- 9781498583923
- 149858392X
- 9781498583947
- 1498583946
- OCLC:
- 1057306774
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