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Title: Children of the Flames: Dr. Josef Mengele and the Untold Story of the Twins of Auschwitz by Lucette Matalon Lagnado, Sheila Cohn Dekel ISBN: 0-14-016931-8 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: May, 1992 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.74 (19 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A page-turner
Comment: Interweaving quotes from twin-survivors about their stories both during and after Auschwitz with Dr. Mengele's own biography, the authors have created a truly compelling narrative. Their central thesis -- that Mengele's obsession with twins derived from the fact that in personality he was a "twin" with angelic and sadistic sides -- is a fascinating one. Moreover, the authors are skillful in presenting anecdotes about the twin's lives that contrast with or even mirror times in Dr. Mengele's own life: i.e., the twins are desperate to leave Europe for Israel after the war; Mengele is desperate to leave Europe for South America; the twins live in broken health; Mengele becomes a hypochondriac. Thus, there is always a rich subtext to simple "stories" about the twins' lives.
Moreover, there is nothing gruesome about the book; it avoids detailed accounts of the substance of the experiments, but simply makes the point that the countless procedures performed had no medical value, and were not understood by the twins themselves.
Truly excellent and original.
Rating: 5
Summary: A SAD ACCOUNT BUT, NONETHELESS, A TRUE ACCOUNT
Comment: Both my parents served in the armed forces overseas during World War II, and it was through them, as a young adult, I heard of the "children of the flames" and the horrors of the concentration camps. When the book was first published, it caught my attention for that very reason. "Children of the Flames" is not an easy book to read simply because of the subject matter. However, the authors have managed to relate the story in a way that tells of the evil acts committed but in as diplomatic a manner as possible. The attrocities are almost too bloodcurdling to conceive. For me, it was impossible to read "Children of the Flames" in one sitting, especially the interviews which actually describe life and the experiments at Auschwitz.
This is the story of Josef Mengele and his "children of Auschwitz". Selecting primarily twins (or others who caught his eye) from the multitudes of Jews headed for the gas chambers, Mengele used these innocent children to satisfy his own perverse needs, all in the name of research, as human guinea pigs for his own horrendous experiments. The book is based upon interviews with survivors of Mengele's twins, and the reader will quickly discover, there are few survivors. The interviews tell the life of survivors before capture, during their time at Auschwitz and after their release. Almost all victims have had a lifetime of horrific, unending nightmares except those who cannot remember. Those who cannot remember, and there are few, are perhaps blessed with the body's unique defence system to block out that which is too unbearable and too painful to remember.
It has been over fifty years since the Holocaust, but it will forever remain a part of our history. Perhaps we owe it to the survivors of the Holocaust, and the families of those who did not survive, to honour their memory by a book such as this. For those of us who were born after World Ward II, the book will give the reader a deeper appreciation of the freedom we have today in North America.
Rating: 4
Summary: True but Gruesome stories
Comment: This book is definitely a fiery book, containing gruesome stories, accounts of horrid crimes, and documents of the life of Dr. Josef Mengele. This book is very deep and goes into detail of the life before the Holocaust, during the Holocaust, and after the Holocaust. This book is a must read, but may be very inappropriate for children under 13. I rate this book a 4 out of 5, due to the content and graphic images painted into my head.
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Title: Auschwitz : A Doctor's Eyewitness Account by Miklos Nyiszli ISBN: 1559702028 Publisher: Arcade Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 1993 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Five Chimneys by Olga Lengyel ISBN: 0897333764 Publisher: Academy Chicago Pub Pub. Date: October, 1995 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Mengele: The Complete Story by Gerald L. Posner, John Ware, Michaael Berenbaum, Michael Berenbaum ISBN: 0815410069 Publisher: Cooper Square Press Pub. Date: October, 2000 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: The Nazi Doctors: Medical Killing and the Psychology of Genocide by Robert Jay Lifton ISBN: 0465049052 Publisher: Basic Books Pub. Date: August, 2000 List Price(USD): $23.00 |
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Title: Eyewitness Auschwitz: Three Years in the Gas Chambers by Filip Muller, Helmut Freitag, Susanne Flatauer, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum ISBN: 1566632714 Publisher: Ivan R Dee, Inc. Pub. Date: 01 September, 1999 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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