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The Dentist of Auschwitz: A Memoir
Benjamin Jacobs
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Description for The Dentist of Auschwitz: A Memoir
Paperback. In 1941 Berek Jakubowicz (now Benjamin Jacobs) was imprisoned by the Third Reich. His possession of a few dental tools and rudimentary skills saved his life. He spent a year and a half in Auschwitz where he was forced to remove gold teeth from corpses. Num Pages: 248 pages, 18 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJH; BGHA; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408.
In 1941 Berek Jakubowicz (now Benjamin Jacobs) was deported from his Polish village and remained a prisoner of the Reich until the final days of the war. His possession of a few dental tools and rudimentary skills saved his life. Jacobs helped assemble V1 and V2 rockets in Buchenwald and Dora-Mittelbau; spent a year and a half in Auschwitz, where he was forced to remove gold teeth from corpses; and survived the RAF attack on three ocean liners turned prison camps in the Bay of Lubeck. This is his story.
In 1941 Berek Jakubowicz (now Benjamin Jacobs) was deported from his Polish village and remained a prisoner of the Reich until the final days of the war. His possession of a few dental tools and rudimentary skills saved his life. Jacobs helped assemble V1 and V2 rockets in Buchenwald and Dora-Mittelbau; spent a year and a half in Auschwitz, where he was forced to remove gold teeth from corpses; and survived the RAF attack on three ocean liners turned prison camps in the Bay of Lubeck. This is his story.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University Press of Kentucky
Condition
New
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Lexington, United States
ISBN
9780813190129
SKU
V9780813190129
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Reviews for The Dentist of Auschwitz: A Memoir
Jacobs's understated tone conveys all the more forcefully the daily horror of camp life. - Publishers Weekly ""Jacobs's ability to express the most painful of moments is the book's greatest achievement."" - Bridges: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Theology, Philosophy, History and Science ""A real-life story of mounting suspense which reads like a novel."" - Harry James Cargas