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EPISODE · Jan 21, 2020 · 3 MIN

Last Stop Auschwitz: My Story of Survival from within the Camp by Eddy De Wind

from Enjoy Amazing Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & Culture · host Jacklyn Fadel

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/405197 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Last Stop Auschwitz: My Story of Survival from within the Camp Author: Eddy De Wind Narrator: Robert Fass Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 38 minutes Release date: January 21, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.35 of Total 31 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 4 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Written in Auschwitz itself and translated for the first time ever into English, this one-of-a-kind, minute-by-minute true account is a crucial historical testament to a Holocaust survivor's fight for his life at the largest extermination camp in Nazi Germany. 'We know that there is only one ending to this, only one liberation from this barbed wire hell: death.' -- Eddy de Wind In 1943, amidst the start of German occupation, Eddy de Wind worked as a doctor at Westerbork, a Dutch transit camp. His mother had been taken to this camp by Nazis but Eddy was assured by the Jewish Council she would be freed in exchange for his labor. He later found out she'd already been transferred to Auschwitz. While at Westerbork, he fell in love with a woman named Friedel and they married. One year later, they were transported to Auschwitz. Upon arrival, Friedel and Eddy were separated -- Eddy forced to work as a medical assistant in one barrack, Friedel at the mercy of Nazi experimentation in a nearby block. Sneaking moments with his beloved and communicating whenever they could, Eddy longed for the day he could be free with Friedel . . . Written in the camp itself in the weeks following the Red Army's liberation of the camp, Last Stop Auschwitz is the raw, true account of Eddy's experiences at Auschwitz. In stunningly poetic prose, he provides unparalleled access to the horrors he faced in the concentration camp. Including photos from Eddy's life before, during, and after the Holocaust, this poignant memoir is at once a moving love story, a detailed portrayal of the atrocities of Auschwitz, and an intelligent consideration of the kind of behavior -- both good and evil -- people are capable of. Never before published in English, this book is a vital and enduring document: a testament to the strength of the human spirit, and a warning against the depths we can sink to when prejudice is given power.

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