Children of the flames : Dr. Josef Mengele and the untold story of the twins of Auschwitz /

In this remarkable, evocative narrative, the life of Auschwitz's Angel of Death is told in counterpoint to the lives of the surviving twins, who are themselves now inching into middle or old age. In stories that abound with ambiguity, anger, and redemptive hope, we encounter them first as child...

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Main Author: Lagnado, Lucette
Corporate Author: Mazal Holocaust Collection
Other Authors: Dekel, Sheila Cohn
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Morrow, 1990.
Edition:1st ed.
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