A Doctors Memoir of the Romanian Holocaust

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ARTHUR KESSLER (1903-2000) was both a prisoner and doctor at the Vapniarka concentration camp in Transnistria (in Romanian-controlled Ukraine) during World War II.

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Based on notes kept while incarcerated in the concentration camps and ghettos of Transnistria, Dr. Kessler's gripping Holocaust memoir tells a story of calculated murder, resistance, and survival.

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List of Illustrations Acknowledgments INTRODUCTION by Leo Spitzer PART I: IN LAGER VAPNIARKA, TRANSNISTRIA 1. The Transport 2. Life in the Lager 3. The Lethal Disease PART II: IN TRANSNISTRIA'S GHETTOS 4. Olgopol 5. Ghetto Doctor 6. "How come you speak German?" 7. Epidemic Meningitis and Other Maladies 8. A Visit to Obodovka 9. Paul M. and the Repatriation of the Children 10. In the Hands of the Partisans 11. In the Bershad Ghetto 12. The Front Comes Closer PART III: The Way Back 13. Flight Selected Bibliography Index