From the product description:
Detailing an uncommon upbringing of relative wealth and comfort in World War II Poland, this record spotlights the childhood of a prominent Nazi’s daughter. Depicting her father’s ascension to command Auschwitz, the most infamous of all concentration camps, the author reveals his relationship with his family, his unceasing love for his mistress, and the very separate life he led as a senior officer of the S.S. Chronicling his capture at the end of the war, this narrative also documents his imprisonment at Dachau and Nuremburg, his sentencing at the Auschwitz Trial in Krakow, and his subsequent execution. Recounting a shocking tale with clarity and without judgment, this riveting autobiography embodies one woman’s unwavering mission to resolve her own past.According to The child of Auschwitz's Kommandant, Ms Cherish carefully includes the bad along with the good to paint a complex picture of a man whose actions resulted in a death sentence, a man who voluntarily joined the SS but apparently was haunted by the faces of women and children coming through his camp.
As you probably know, I have an interest in Holocaust studies. It sounds like something to check out at the library, but they don't have it, at least not yet.
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