Olga Lengyel tells, frankly and without compromise, one of the most horrifying stories of all time. This true, documented chronicle is the intimate, day-to-day record of a beautiful woman who survived the nightmare of Auschwitz and Birkenau. This book is a necessary reminder of one of the ugliest chapters in the history of human civilization. It was a shocking experience. It is a shocking book. "e; . . . Thank you for your very frank, very well written book. You have done a real service by letting the ones who are now silent and most forgotten speak . . . With best regards and wishes, - A. Einstein. "e; "e; This book is a horrifying, but necessary, reminder of one of the ugliest chapters in the history of human civilisation. Passionate, tormenting'"e; -New York Herald-Tribune"e; It is a picture of utter hell"e; -Saturday Review of Literature