Jewish Doctors and the Holocaust : : The Anatomy of Survival in Auschwitz / / Ross W. Halpin.
This is the first attempt to explain how Jewish doctors survived extreme adversity in Auschwitz where death could occur at any moment. The ordinary Jewish slave labourer survived an average of fifteen weeks. Ross Halpin discovers that Jewish doctors survived an average of twenty months, many under t...
Saved in:
| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus eBook-Package 2019 |
|---|---|
| VerfasserIn: | |
| Place / Publishing House: | München ;, Wien : : De Gruyter Oldenbourg, , [2019] ©2019 |
| Year of Publication: | 2019 |
| Language: | English |
| Online Access: | |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (XVI, 233 p.) |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Contents
- Introduction
- Part I: The Road to Auschwitz
- Part II: Parallel Lives: Drs Sima Vaisman, Gisella Perl and Louis Micheels
- Introduction
- 1. Dr Sima Vaisman
- 2. Louis Micheels
- 3. Dr Gisella Perl
- Part III: Jewish Physicians and the Hospital System
- Introduction
- 4. Hospitals and Infirmaries
- 5. Block 10
- 6. Daily Life
- 7. Ethical Dilemmas. Choiceless Choices and the Human Condition
- Part IV: Survival
- Introduction
- 8. Status
- 9. Personal Traits
- 10. Defence Mechanisms
- Part V: Anatomy of Survival
- Part VI: Evaluation of Sources
- Conclusion
- Epilogue
- Bibliography
- Glossary
- Appendices
- Index