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A review by afreema3
I Was a Doctor in Auschwitz by Gisella Perl
I don't rate books I had to read for school.
I read this for my January Term class on the Holocaust.
While Gisella Perl makes mistakes when it comes to peoples names as well as gets small facts wrong Perl still tells a human story of horror. From her time in Transylvania, to the Ghetto, to Auschwitz Concentration Camp, to Dege-Werke, to finally Bergen Belsen.
Perl tells the story of what women suffered during the Holocaust. Perl tells the stories of having to deliver babies only to kill them moments or days later as well as providing abortions not only for inmates but for guards as well. Perl saved the lives of countless women from the gas chambers and the ovens, and no one can judge her for what she did. There are countless times while reading that I felt sick to my stomach or like all the happiness in the world was gone, but Perl's story and the countless stories of the women she met will never be forgotten. Perl did not have to tell her story, but she did.
I read this for my January Term class on the Holocaust.
While Gisella Perl makes mistakes when it comes to peoples names as well as gets small facts wrong Perl still tells a human story of horror. From her time in Transylvania, to the Ghetto, to Auschwitz Concentration Camp, to Dege-Werke, to finally Bergen Belsen.
Perl tells the story of what women suffered during the Holocaust. Perl tells the stories of having to deliver babies only to kill them moments or days later as well as providing abortions not only for inmates but for guards as well. Perl saved the lives of countless women from the gas chambers and the ovens, and no one can judge her for what she did. There are countless times while reading that I felt sick to my stomach or like all the happiness in the world was gone, but Perl's story and the countless stories of the women she met will never be forgotten. Perl did not have to tell her story, but she did.