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Title: Interesting viewpoint
Review: This book is written from the viewpoint of the pathologist who had to satisfy Mengele's sadistic cravings. While Dr. N did what he had to do to preserve his life, did he facilitate and spur Mengele's urges? This book raises the question of whether it was better to be shot immediately for disobedience to the SS, go immediately into the gas chambers/ovens, or should one do whatever it takes to preserve one's life to the last possible moment, no matter what the suffering. I was particular interested in the young Jews who manned the ovens. Each knew that their life expectancy was only 4 months, yet they still undertook gruesome tasks, not to preserve their life for a chance of escape or to help others, but just to live a few months! What difficult choices these poor men had to make! This book spurred me to read other accounts. I have just started "Children of the Flames". It too is hard to put down.
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