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Auschwitz: A Doctor’s Eyewitness Account is a memoir and a historical record about a Jewish doctor’s struggle, both for his life and with his role as a physician at the Auschwitz Concentration camp. Summary Of The Book In Auschwitz: A Doctor’s Eyewitness Account, readers will get a startling glimpse into the horrors of a Nazi death camp, and how a physician juggled with his instinct to survive, versus his duties as a doctor during wartime. The memoir chronicles Nyiszli’s experience in the camp, as well as the retreat of the Germans, and surrendering to the allies. Dr. Miklos Nyiszli was a Jewish physician. In 1944, him and his family were deported to the Auschwitz concentration camp. In the memoir, Nyiszli points out that he instinctively knew that something was amiss in the crematoria. When Dr. Mengele (also known as the Angel of Death) asked the prisoners if they had medical forensic experience, Nyiszli saw this as opportunity to save himself and volunteered. In hindsight, this saved Dr. Nyiszli’s life because the remaining Jewish doctors were soon put to death. Under Dr. Mengele’s supervision, Dr. Nyiszli was responsible for the Sonderkommandos. These were prisoners in charge of carrying out exterminations in the gas chambers. Every four months, these Sonderkommandos were themselves exterminated in order to prevent information from leaking out. Dr. Nyiszli also mentions, that as a chief physician in the crematoriums, he wrote many affidavits for dissection, as well as forensic findings, which he signed with his tattoo number. Throughout his memoir, Dr. Nyiszli struggles with his own instinct to survive versus his ethics as a medical doctor. As a chief pathologist to Dr. Mengele, Nyiszli witnessed numerous atrocities which could have been avoided. He was also able to accurately judge a situation and act accordingly. For instance, Nyiszli writes how he was able to exit Auschwitz with his family, just before being scheduled for annihilation. Auschwitz: A Doctor’s Eyewitness Account was originally published in 1946. Since then, it has inspired a play and a Hollywood film titled The Grey Zone. About Miklos Nyiszli Dr. Miklos Nyiszli was a Jewish Physician of Hungarian descent. In 1944, him and his family were transported to the Auschwitz concentration camp, where he spent a year. Nyiszli died of a heart attack in 1956.