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by Benjamin Jacobs (Author) "On the morning of May 5, 1941, three ancient trucks labored along a Polish country road, carrying 167 Jews from Dobra, a village in the..." (more)
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  • Hardcover: 248 pages
  • Publisher: The University Press of Kentucky; illustrated edition edition (1 Jan 1995)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0813118735
  • ISBN-13: 978-0813118734
  • Product Dimensions: 23.7 x 16 x 2.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 2,911,520 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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The personal story of a Jewish dental student recounts his harrowing experiences as a prisoner of the Nazis, where he encountered Josef Mengele, witnessed his father's murder, and was forced to work on his fellow inmates.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Engaging, nonsentimental, detailed survivor memior., 13 Nov 1998
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"The Dentist of Auschwitz" is an outstanding and accessible nonfiction Holocaust memoir on a par with Elie Wiesel's venerable and moving novella, "Night." As a survivor of both labor and concentration camps during the Holocaust years in Europe, Benjamin Jacobs offers us two very unusual perspectives into the Nazi kingdom of death. First, he was already a young adult when he was incarcerated in a labor camp in Poland; he was not a child nor was he already a person advanced in age, and thus he brings a unique vantage. Secondly, Mr. Jacobs, now in his eighties, has expended the effort and anguish to reach back through the benefit of five intervening decades of time to relate his harrowing story and that of his family. "The Dentist of Auschwitz" is a very human account of an ordinary Jewish family in Poland whose lives were changed indelibly--and for his mother, father, and sister, ultimately extinguished. In a thoroughly engaging manner, Mr. Jacobs relates his thoughts, loves, passions, and challenges with God as he endured the daily fear and hunger, cold and pain of 4 years in the Holocaust universe. He is to be commended for sharing his life with us. Hopefully, we will listen.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A truly compelling read. I literaly could'nt put it down., 15 Aug 1999
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One of the best books I've read in years, I started it to kill time until the family returned from shopping, with every intention of spending the remainder of the day at the lake enjoying the magnificent 76 degree sunny saturday.

However it hooked me and I ended up sitting in my study well into the evening until I'd finished it. The authors prose is truly compelling, he breathes life into the pages of this book, his timing is impecable, the readers interest never falters.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Incredibly Compelling, 20 Mar 1999
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I found this book wonderful.Other that being rich in detail the story gives you a clear picture of what life was like in Auschwitz.Overall I feel that this title is a mus have for any library.
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