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Gisella Perl
Gisella Perl was a Hungarian-Jewish gynecologist. Her memoir, "I Was a Doctor in Auschwitz," describes her experiences providing medical care to prisoners while interned at the concentration camp.
I was a doctor in Auschwitz
This powerful memoir shares the candid account of Dr. Gisella Perl's fight for survival and dignity in Auschwitz. Forced to work alongside Dr. Josef Mengele, Perl used her medical knowledge to save other women prisoners, making impossible choices in the face of unimaginable horror. Her testimony sheds light on the gendered experiences of the Holocaust and the silenced stories of infanticide and abortion within the camps. This new edition ensures Perl's crucial place in Holocaust memory and education.