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Lagnado, Lucette Matalon & Dekel Sheila Cohn : CHILDREN OF THE FLAMES DR. JOSEF MENGELE AND THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE TWINS OF AUSCHWITZ

William Morrow and Company, New York, NY, 1991

ISBN 0688096956

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LAGNADO, LUCETTE MATALON & DEKEL, SHEILA COHN: : CHILDREN of the FLAMES: Dr Josef Mengele and the untold story of the twins of Auschwitz

LONDON.SIDGWICK & JACKSON,1991.

ISBN 0283061049.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated photographic upper wrap dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges - no nicks or tears present - most of the light creasing is to top edges,light scoring to rear panel.Top+fore-edges bright and clean, contents bright,tight and near pristine.Unblemished,plain black paper-covered boards with bright,crisp, blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK, 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,7-320pp includes half-title+title pages,co-authoress preface,dramatis personae list,a prologue, 11 chapters,an afterword,notes,selected bibliography,8pp b/w photographs between pp160-161, and an index. Several years after the discovery of the alleged remains of Dr Josef Mengele in a Brazilian cemetery, the long-lost victims of his notorious medical experiments continue to grapple with his tortuous legacy.For the most part,Mengele's subjects were twins who,until now,have kept silent,rarely discussing their death camp ordeals,not even with their families and loved ones. In this remarkable 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 children beginning their descent into Auschwitz by witnessing their entire families being led away to be killed.Later,we see the twins grateful for the soup and bread Mengele procured for them and reassured by his moments of seemingly genuine affection, yet terrified always by what he forced them to endure. But the heart of this compelling book centres on the years following the Liberation.After the war had destroyed their lives we follow the survivors as they struggle to rebuild their future as best they can.Some are tormented by what twin siblings who didn't survive the experiments experienced; others bear a terrible residual guilt for having been born a twin,which conferred upon them a privileged status that assured their survival.And all of them are condemned to live with a terrible double-edged sword: the hell they suffered because of Mengele, and the life they owe him as 'his' children. 'Children of the Flames' climaxes with a historic reunion of the surviving twins of Auschwitz on the fortieth anniversary of their liberation.Here is an entirely new story about the Holocaust and its aftermath - and of the men and women who have achieved a fragile and hard-won triumph over the past.It is a work of unsurpassed poignancy and enduring historical interest that expresses the continuing paradox surrounding the infamous Angel of Death. Please contact seller,because of the value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch, especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included or FREE. That offer available UK only,unless indicated otherwise. ** N.B. US customers please be aware: US Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to USA can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

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