{"product_id":"the-meeting-an-auschwitz-survivor-confronts-an-ss-physician-paperback","title":"The Meeting: An Auschwitz Survivor Confronts an SS Physician - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBernhard Frankfurter\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eSusan E. Cernyak-Spatz\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFifty years after the war Dagmar Ostermann, a former prisoner at Auschwitz-Birkenau, and Hans Wilhelm Münch, former Nazi and SS physician, talk face to face. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this rare interview Münch--the only SS member acquitted during the 1947 Cracow war crimes trial refers to himself as a \"victim,\" claiming that because he had to follow orders he was \"no less a victim than his prisoners.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Meeting\u003c\/i\u003e grew out of a documentary film in which Münch was first interviewed by Viennese filmmaker Bernhard Frankfurter. As head of the Waffen SS Hygiene Institute Münch had controlled hundreds of lives. Intrigued by Münch's responses, Frankfurter arranged for Ostermann, whose mother was German and her father Jewish, to conduct a book-length interview, for which he provided a concluding essay. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe dramatic structure of the discussion follows the events of the Nazi occupation chronologically. As Ostermann initiates questions regarding reasons for Münch's involvement (Was it a conscious endeavor? Did he participate willingly?), the book adds important new information to the testimonial literature of the Holocaust.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBernhard Frankfurter\u003c\/b\u003e was an international film director whose documentary film credits include \u003ci\u003eCapitalism in Thirds\u003c\/i\u003e (1975), \u003ci\u003eOn the Road fo Hollywood\u003c\/i\u003e (1982), \u003ci\u003eSS Nr . .. . Terminal Auschwitz\u003c\/i\u003e (1984), and\u003ci\u003e Love Life-Live Death\u003c\/i\u003e (1989). Before his death in 1999, he was also active as an editor, columnist, and scriptwriter, and he founded the Eastern-Western Media Network in 1994.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSusan E. Cernyak-Spatz\u003c\/b\u003e is professor emerita of the Department of Foreign Languages at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She is the author of numerous articles and books, including \u003ci\u003eGerman Holocaust Literature \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eHitler's Gift to the Jews: Translation of Norbert Troller Diaries.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.48 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 24, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52629629894963,"sku":"9780815606680","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/RTJaUXdzcmV5eFZZdXJqNVhYNFlnUT09.webp?v=1762135134","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/the-meeting-an-auschwitz-survivor-confronts-an-ss-physician-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}