Auschwitz True Tales From A Grotesque Land Sparknotes

Auschwitz: True Tales from a Grotesque Land is a memoir of Sara Nomberg- Przytyk, who spent a count of years in Auschwitz, at a concentration camp. She witnessed many unforgettable, yet gruesome things at the concentration camp; she describes all the horrible events and still seeks hope throughout the book. Nomberg- Prztyk is an unusual prisoner, and one of the special worker who worked at the hospital. Therefore, she got better treatment than other prisoners; she was even exempted from going to the gas chamber and always had enough to eat. She uses the special treatment to talk to people she comes across, and share their story. Her chapters are filled with stories of people she met, one story includes a 10-year-old boy who was tricked by Dr. Mengele, the doctor Nomberg- Prztyk was helping in Auschwitz; the little boy was treated nicely by Dr. Mengele, then send to the gas chamber and be burned alive.
As a reader, most people would rather live the way Nomberg- Przytyk lived, rather than other prisoners; she didn’t go through many struggles as others. Her past experiences helped her get many advantages

One chapter describes a girl jumping out the window before the gas was released. Mrs. Nomberg- Przytyk was saddened that she had taken parts in helping Germans killing many innocent Jews, in fear of being killed. But she said it wasn’t the fear that controlled her from helping, it was the thought of them not knowing what was coming to them. She said she wanted prisoners to die carefree instead of trying to save themselves from their terrible death, then said that it was fear of her being killed that made her help the Germans. If they knew what was in store for them, they wouldn’t be able to bare the thoughts of getting burned alive. But she described her experiences in Auschwitz as a “disconnection from my heart and intellect in an act of self- defense, despair, and