Mengele: The Complete Story
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| Rating | : | 4.10 (955 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0070505985 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 364 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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Photos. (June Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc. The book is filled with startling touches, such as Mengele's first wife's comments after visiting her husband at Auschwitz when he was conducting his "experiments." The book is an exciting chronicle of escape, evasion, close calls and fearful loneliness. They separate fact from legend, account for the false trails that enticed West German and Israeli agents and self-appointed Nazi hunters, and describe the media circus in 1985 when the grave of the "Angel of Death" was finally found. Through extended quotes from a diary Mengele kept from May 1960 until shortly before his death in 1979, plus the comments of many people who knew him at various stages, a memorable multifaceted portrait of "the world's most hated man" emerges. . 50,000 first printing; $20,000 ad/promo; author tour. Posner, a Manhattan attorney, and Ware, a British journalist, also examine the efforts to bring the doctor to trial an
Based on exclusive and unrestricted access to more than 5,000 pages of personal writings and family photos, this definitive biography of German physician and SS-Hauptsturmfuhrer Josef Mengele (1911-1979) probes the personality and motivations of Auschwitz's "Angel of Death." From May 1943 through January 1945, Mengele selected who would be gassed immediately, who would be worked to death, and who would serve as involuntary guinea pigs for his spurious and ghastly human experiments (twins were Mengele's particular obsession). With authority and insight, Mengele examines the entire life of the world's most infamous doctor.
"Not What I Was Looking For" according to pgrape. I bought this book at the same time I purchased the Longerich biography of Himmler and the Gerwarth bio of Heydrich. Those are both academic biographies that adhere to high standards of historical research; Posner's book does not. Posner presents the case for the prosecution. It's a piece of highly readable "true crime" writing, but history or. Insight into the dark side of genocide P. Bjel Though genocide is something that continues to fill evening news and panel discussions on clashes and conflicts in countries that seem like an eternity away, this book explores the dark side to the Holocaust, darker than normal because, in this unbelievable biography, genocide and Nazi evil is given a human face in the form of the smiling and . Don the Baptist A biblical review by Don the Baptist of the text “Mengele: The Complete Story” by Gerald L. Posner and John Ware. I read the text in its entirety.To be different, I’ll break down the positives and negatives.First, the positives…• While I was expecting more of a historical textbook, Posner and Ware seem to write mo