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The druggist of Auschwitz : a documentary novel / Dieter Schlesak ; translated from the German by John Hargraves.

Title
The druggist of Auschwitz : a documentary novel / Dieter Schlesak ; translated from the German by John Hargraves.
Author
Schlesak, Dieter, 1934-
Publication
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2011.

Holdings

Details

Additional Authors
Hargraves, John
Description
374 p. : ill.; 22 cm.
Summary
"A harrowing novel about surviving in Auschwitz and the nature of evil"--Provided by publisher.
Uniform Title
Capesius, der Auschwitzapotheker. English
Alternative Title
Capesius, der Auschwitzapotheker.
Subject
  • Auschwitz (Concentration camp) > Officials and employees > Fiction
  • Capesius, Victor, 1907- > Fiction
  • Capesius, Victor, 1907-1985 > Fiction
  • Concentration camp inmates > Oświęcim > Fiction
  • FICTION / Jewish
  • FICTION / Literary
  • Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei. Schutzstaffel > Fiction
  • Pharmacists > Sighișoara > Fiction
  • Pharmacists > Sighișoara > Fiction
  • World War, 1939-1945 > Atrocities > Oświęcim > Fiction
Genre/Form
Fiction
Note
  • Translation of: Capesius, der Auschwitzapotheker.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [371]-374).
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
The eyewitness -- The Auschwitz dispensary -- The German obsession with racial "purity" and the German language as a cure -- It was just love of order and sense of duty -- Love in the death camp -- My God, science! -- Mussulmen, the undead of Auschwitz, and the suspension of time -- The Sonderkommando uprising -- The end.
ISBN
  • 9780374144067 (hbk.)
  • 0374144060 (hbk.)
LCCN
^^2010038536