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Summary: In The Fires Of Hell
Review: Eyewitness Auschwitz is the story of the author's three year journey through the hell that was the gas chambers at Auschwitz. Although not a literary masterpiece, Eyewitness provides us with an invaluable and in depth look at what life and death were like in the horrific world that was Auschwitz. How someone was able to survive under these conditions for three years and keep their sanity is a wonder. The only characters missing in the book were Dante and the Devil, both of whom surely would have felt right at home in this living hell. This is a book that must be read by all.
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Summary: Holocaust Textbook
Review: Filip Muller's Eyewitness Auschwitz serves as a textbook for those interested (and willing) to examine the mass murder of Jews, Gypsies and political prisoners under the Third Reich. Muller claims to have witnessed the process from it birth in Auschwitz to its death in Birkenau shortly before the camp's liberation; accordingly, he spells out the details in a disturbing, meticulous fashion. The reader finds him/herself escorted through the notorious Block 11, its courtyard, the crematoria and the open burning pits. Muller recounts everything from the logistics of the ovens to the subterfuge the SS employed to lure prisoners into the gas chambers. Instances of revolt and insight into the plans and psychology of the camp resistance are also tackled. Some readers might find the account harrowing in its attention to grisly detail and facts; at times the book reads like a news story. Hence Muller's testimony is, perhaps, best read as a companion to other accounts that delve more deeply into the survivor's mind (such as the works of Tadeusz Borowski or Primo Levi). Further, Muller writes almost exclusively as a member of the Sonderkommando--those charged with the upkeep of the crematoria. This focus comes at the expense of attention to other areas of the camp that a holocaust scholar should explore.
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Summary: There's One Born Every Minute . . .
Review: First, print out the previous comment by the reviewer from Berlin and buy the book. When you receive the book, read the review and then read the first chapter, then read the review again and read the second chapter, etc. What a chilling contrast.
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Summary: A Good first read on the Holocaust.
Review: I first read this book in the spring of 1982 when I was 16. I was overwhelmed by the content and the author's description of the gas chambers at Auswitz, as well as the fine detail of the burning pits that were constructed to minimize fuel consumption as well as maximize the diposal of murdered persons. Later when I was 30 I read it again and wept for mr Muller and all those who did suffer so within the dark machinery of the SS. What I found fascinating was that the author became numb to the Horrors around him with the passage of time. This too happened to me while I read his words. He portrayed what he saw in a very vivid manner. I recommend this personal narrative very highly to those who wish to get a first hand look into the Holocaust.
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Summary: Unimaginable
Review: I wish that every Holocaust denier and revisionist could be made to read this book. Some of the things that the author describes have not been discussed or portrayed elsewhere as far as I know. I could never have imagined some of the things about which he has written. The idea that this account is a fabrication is inconceivable.
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Summary: Unimaginable
Review: I wish that every Holocaust denier and revisionist could be made to read this book. Some of the things that the author describes have not been discussed or portrayed elsewhere as far as I know. I could never have imagined some of the things about which he has written. The idea that this account is a fabrication is inconceivable.
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Summary: good, touching, filled with facts
Review: Many books about Auschwitz are filled with dry narrations. It seems like people are afraid to talk about the subject, like they have the need to be politically correct or not to hurt anyone. I understand why but if you decide to write a book about subject do a good job regardless of the circumstances. This book relates the facts and everyday life in the camp the way it was. An author shares his feelings and thoughts. He describes behaviors (sometimes worse than barbaric) and survival instinct in the purest basic form. I liked this book. It is written well and it keeps reader at full attention. Chapters and story line flows smoothly. It's a book that describes harsh reality of the concentration camp that I wish no one every would have to go through again. If you liked this book there is also a similar one written by Dr. Perl called "I was a doctor in Auschwitz". Dr. Perl was a woman that went through the same thing as Muller but in the female part of the camp.
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Summary: More a fairy tale than a historic document
Review: This book and the lies it inherits is just another example of those books which are actually a big help for holocaust deniers because it's so stacked with obvious lies and historic inaccuracies that only the historically illiterate can take this fairy tale serious and the revisionist historians again have another example of a wanna-be eyewitness who actually is a professional liar and supports their absurd thesis that there were no gas chambers at all.
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Summary: Descent into hell
Review: This is one of the few books I have read on the Holocaust that takes the reader to a depth of un-imaginable horror. Filip Muller takes you on his life story up to and including his stay at Auschwitz-Birkenau with riveting detail and accuracy. The chapter titled "The Inferno" was the hardest to read, let alone envision. I have seen actual photos of the "pits" as Muller describes them, yet the reality of the ghastly work he was forced to do cannot come through in words. I would cautiously recommend this to any serious student of Holocaust history.
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Summary: Read a better written memoir...
Review: While Muller's account is an emotional portrayal of the horrors of Auschwitz, his excessive use of adjectives and repetitive narration makes his account somewhat difficult to get through. He talks us through many of the horrid details of the selections and gassings, but his redundancy ends up slightly immuning you to the plight of the victims. I liken this immunity to that which much of the world has acquired toward violence. The one excellent aspect of this book is the inside look into the actions of the Sonderkammando squad and the events of the uprising that led to the burning of crematiorium 4.A much better written memoir is Primo Levi's "Survival in Auschwitz," a truly chilling account of the Auschwitz experience. Every word carries a weight that drives home the inhumanity of the concentration/death camps without overdoing it.
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