Author:
Perl, Gisella, author.
ImprintLanham : Lexington Books, [2019]
Descriptionix, 129 pages : illustration ; 24 cm.
Note:Originally published: New York : International Universities Press, 1948.
Note:Dr. Kapezius -- "I want to go with them" -- Arrival at Auschwitz -- Auschwitz : and aa 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.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note:"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.
