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Miklós Nyiszli


Born
in Szilágysomlyó, Austria-Hungary, Hungary
June 17, 1901

Died
May 05, 1956

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Genre
Nonfiction, Biographies & Memoirs


Miklós Nyiszli (June 17, 1901 in Szilágysomlyó, Hungary – May 5, 1956) was a Jewish prisoner at the Auschwitz concentration camp. Nyiszli, along with his wife and young daughter, were transported to Auschwitz in June 1944. On arrival, Nyiszli volunteered himself as a doctor and was sent to work at number 12 barracks where he operated on and tried to help the ill with only the most basic medical supplies and tools. He was under the supervision of Josef Mengele, an SS officer and physician. Mengele decided after observing Nyiszli’s skills to move him to a specially built autopsy and operating theatre. The room had been built inside Crematorium 2 (Crematorium 1 being in Auschwitz Town camp), and Nyiszli, along with members of the 12th Sonderko ...more

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“If all men are good, there can be no Auschwitz.”
― Miklós Nyiszli, Auschwitz: A Doctor's Eyewitness Account
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“What was money when one’s life was at stake? We had learned that nothing lasts and that no value is absolute. The only exception to that rule: freedom.”
― Miklós Nyiszli, Auschwitz: A Doctor's Eyewitness Account
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“There are things which must cause one to lose one’s reason, or one has none to lose.”
― Miklós Nyiszli, Auschwitz: A Doctor's Eyewitness Account
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