{"product_id":"the-druggist-of-auschwitz","title":"The Druggist of Auschwitz: A Documentary Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eSchlesak, Dieter (Author) , Hargraves, John (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDieter Schlesak's haunting novel \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Druggist of Auschwitz\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—beautifully translated from the German by John Hargraves—is a frighteningly vivid portrayal of the Holocaust as seen through the eyes of criminal and victim alike.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAdam, known as \"the last Jew of \u003c\/span\u003eSighișoara\u003cspan\u003e,\" recounts with disturbing clarity his imprisonment at the infamous Auschwitz concentration camp. Through Adam's fictional narrative and excerpts of actual testimony from the Frankfurt Auschwitz Trial of 1963–65, we come to learn of the true-life story of Dr. Victor Capesius, who, despite strong friendships with Jews before the war, quickly aided in and profited from their tragedy once the Nazis came to power. Interspersed with historical research and the author's face-to-face interviews with survivors, the novel follows Capesius from his assignment as the \"sorter\" of new arrivals at Auschwitz—deciding who will go directly to the gas chamber and who will be used for labor—through his life of lavish wealth after the war to his arrest and eventual trial.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSchlesak's seamless incorporation of factual data and testimony—woven into Adam's dreamlike remembrance of a world turned upside down—makes\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Druggist of Auschwitz\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ea vital and unique addition to our understanding of the Holocaust.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ingram","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41303463034914,"sku":"","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/1509\/8658\/files\/41hJREsP1FL.jpg?v=1707923382","url":"https:\/\/vaholocaust.myshopify.com\/products\/the-druggist-of-auschwitz","provider":"Virginia Holocaust Museum Shop \u0026 Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}