Dr. Mengele's Medical Experiments: A Brief Summary

May of 1944, the Nazis invade the country of Hungary and virtually deport the entire Jewish population to Auschwitz. Dr. Nyiszli and his family were rounded up by the SS, and deported to Auschwitz. The book starts out as Dr. Nyiszli and his family is in the cable cars headed to Auschwitz, as they arrive the “selection” process immediately starts. All the weak, old, or insane were sent away from the rest of the able body prisoners, as the able bodies were all forced to work at the death camps. Dr.Nyiszli and his family were all sent to do labor, and Dr. Nyiszli volunteers to service as a physician at the death camp at the first chance he could. This is where Dr. Mengele, known as the Angel of Death at the death camp, personally choses Nyiszli to help him conduct “scientific research” in the crematorium at the death camp. The regiment, which Nyiszli is assigned, is called KZ, and its primary function is to provide medical service to guards and prisoners. However, it is not long until Mengele’s inclination for medical experiments is made known to Nyiszli. Although the experiments were very unnecessary and insane, Nyiszli began to personally assist Dr. Mengele by engaging in many different surgeries and medical exploration. Mengele was
Nyiszli was able to take advantage of his status in Auschwitz and was allowed the opportunity to search for his family at the camp. He was able to find them at camp C, where they were laborers. For three weeks Dr. Nyiszli visited his family daily, bringing them certain things that they would need to survive the camp. After the three weeks, Dr. Nyiszli heard that camp C was going to be exterminated within the week. So in trade for a box of 100 cigarettes, an SS officer tells him if his wife and daughter volunteered for a convoy they would have a chance to survive. Dr. Nyizsli was able to inform his wife and daughter to join the convoy and they were able to join it along with a couple other friends, and depart from the