Miklós Nyiszli Biography

Miklós Nyiszli was a Jewish prisoner at the Auschwitz concentration camp. Volunteering his medical skills, he worked to aid the ill with rudimentary supplies. His abilities caught the attention of SS officer Josef Mengele, who transferred him to a specially constructed operating theater within a crematorium. Nyiszli became involved in the grim operations conducted there, a testament to the harrowing circumstances of the camp.