The fake prison doctor of Auschwitz : uncovering the truth behind Holocaust fraudsters / Bogdan Musial.

Musial, Bogdan, 1960-, author

Barnsley : Pen & Sword Military, 2024.

224 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Translated from the German.

After over half a century of secrecy, a Swiss bank safe was opened, it contained the long-lost research notes of Josef Mengele, as well as those of his chief assistant in Auschwitz. They had been deposited there by the assistant who himself had been a Jewish doctor. Sent to Auschwitz, he was forced to participate in Josef Mengele's gruesome human experiments. Following the war, he completely disappeared, assuming a new identity and shrouding himself in silence. He did write his story down, but ordered the documents to be sealed away until decades after his death. This book thoroughly examines the subsequent fraud case which evolved over the span of three decades and how it succeeded in convincing so many people, while also comparing it to other historic hoaxes, particularly those concerning the Holocaust.

9781399044059 (hbk)

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DD247.M46

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English
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