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Five Chimneys: The Story of Auschwitz
by Olga Lengyel
from Academy Chicago Publishers

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0

• Five Chimneys "Gritty, poignant and clinical-a Great Book!"
  Five Chimneys, (Book Review)
  A Woman Survivor's True Story of Auschwitz
  Written By: Olga Lengyel
  Published by Academy Chicago Publishers, Chicago, 1st Ed., 1995, paperback, 231 pages.
  "Five Chimneys is the authentic testimony of Olga's hellish journey through the terror and unbelievable horrors of Auschwitz."BCM
  Olga Lengyel was a woman who had been trained as a surgical assistant. She was the wife of a leading Surgeon and their affluent family was well respected in their... more info

• "Life" in Auschwitz; Nazi Genocidal Ambitions beyond Jews and Gypsies
  This review is based on the original (1947) edition. Let's focus on some seldom-developed issues.
  Large numbers of Polish clergy were sent to Auschwitz in the early years of the camp. However, Lengyel reports many more arriving in 1944 (pp. 108-110). They were often put to death immediately; the remainder being subject to degrading humiliations and tortures. Polish children were frozen to death (p. 210) and mostly Polish women were used by the Germans for vivisection experiments. (p. 176) Ironically,... more info

• Invaluable heartbreaking truth!
  Incredible book! Can't stop reading once you start. This books is the prove "THIS SHOULD NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN!!!" Very heartbreaking. It will change your life.

• Like watching a car wreck when you know you shouldn't gawk
  One of the top few books I've read about the holocaust. Riveting. Couldn't put it down. One of those "stories" that really hook you - you can't wait to see what happens next and you're a little horrified that you're reading it so avidly and enjoying it. At the same time you feel such sadness for the people who lived (and didn't) through it.

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