Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Foreword vii
4. Acknowledgments ix
5. Photographs xi
6. 1. The Sonderkommando in Auschwitz-Birkenau: Portrait and Self-Image 1
7. 2. Josef Sackar: ‘‘To Survive, so the Truth Would Come Out’’ 87
8. 3. Abraham and Shlomo Dragon: ‘‘Together—in Despair and in Hope’’ 122
9. 4. Ya’akov Gabai: ‘‘I’ll Get Out of Here!’’ 181
10. 5. Eliezer Eisenschmidt: ‘‘Thanks to One Polish Family . . .’’ 215
11. 6. Shaul Chazan: ‘‘Life Didn’t Matter Anymore, Death Was Too Close’’ 257
12. 7. Leon Cohen: ‘‘We Were Dehumanized, We Were Robots’’ 286
13. 8. Ya’akov Silberberg: ‘‘One Day in the Crematorium Felt Like a Year’’ 310
14. Notes 335