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Filip Müller (1922–2013)

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Vedertaget namn
Müller, Filip
Födelsedag
1922-01-03
Avled
2013-11-09
Kön
male
Nationalitet
Czechoslovakia
Födelseort
Sered, Czechoslovakia
Bostadsorter
Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp
Yrken
Holocaust survivor
memoirist
Kort biografi
Filip Müller was born to a Jewish family in Sered, Czechoslovakia (present-day Slovakia). In April 1942, at age 20, he was deported by the Nazis to the death camp at Auschwitz. There he was assigned to work in the construction of the crematoria and installation of the gas chambers. As member of the Sonderkommando, he was ordered to undress the bodies of the dead and burn them in the ovens. He was one of very few people who lived to tell about these events. He wrote a memoir, first published in 1979, called Eyewitness to Auschwitz: Three Years in the Gas Chambers, also known as Auschwitz Inferno: The Testimony of a Sonderkommando. As the Red Army advanced toward the camp near the end of World War II, he was sent to the Mauthausen concentration camp, where he survived to be liberated. After the war, his testimony from his hospital bed was published in an obscure Czech publication, later reprinted in the The Death Factory (1966) by Ota Kraus and Erich Kulka. Müller then testified at the Second Frankfurt Auschwitz Trials held in 1964, and was interviewed in Claude Lanzmann's 1985 landmark documentary Shoah.

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Eyewitness Auschwitz by Filip Müller is one of the grimmest books you will ever read. If you are interested in learning just how the exterminations took place, from the arrival of the unfortunate victims to how they were treated afterwards, this is essential reading. Read some books about how people ended up in Auschwitz, and you will have a very good understanding of the whole despicable operation.
 
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ErstwhileEditor | 4 andra recensioner | May 7, 2019 |
This was the most difficult book I have ever read, and one of the most important books I will ever read. I found I was unable to read the text for long periods of time; I would become overwhelmed with a host of emotions that had to be dealt with... But I did finish the book, and feel better for it. This story must be told, for the past and especially for the future.

The experience of reading this book will be with me for the rest of my life. I highly recommend this book for any serious student of the Holocaust or modern genocide.… (mer)
 
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teebivden | 4 andra recensioner | Jan 20, 2012 |
Eyewitness Auschwitz was written by a Polish Jew who was sent to Auschwitz, and soon after, was part of the crew that built the crematoria in one of Nazi Germany's most notorious camps. He left Auschwitz on a march as the Allies were approaching the camp.

Mueller details life as he and other members of the sonderkommando ("special detail") were charged with destroying the corpses of those who died in camp or were killed in the gas chambers. He also discusses the revolt by members of the sonderkommando, the day-to-day operations of the camp and the dramatic measures inmates had to take so they could survive.

The book is written in great detail and is a horrific story to tell, but a very important witness to the times. Since many members of the sonderkommando did not survive (many were killed after a few months on duty because of the secrets they knew), this is a very important voice.
… (mer)
 
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synchroswimr | 4 andra recensioner | Dec 21, 2010 |
Harrowing but enthralling. Voyeuristic? And very sad.
 
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EricPMagnuson | 4 andra recensioner | Nov 12, 2009 |

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Verk
2
Medlemmar
399
Popularitet
#60,805
Betyg
4.2
Recensioner
5
ISBN
14
Språk
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