THE SUNDAY TIMES AND INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER'The ultimate Holocaust testimony.' HEATHER MORRIS
author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz and Cilka's JourneyAfterword by JOHN BOYNE author of The
Boy in the Striped Pyjamas_______________Eddy de Wind a Dutch doctor and psychiatrist was
shipped to Auschwitz with his wife Friedel whom he had met and married at the Westerbork
labour camp in the Netherlands. At Auschwitz they made it through the brutal selection process
and were put to work. Each day each hour became a battle for survival.For Eddy this meant
negotiating with the volatile guards in the medical barracks. For Friedel it meant avoiding
the Nazis' barbaric medical experiments. As the end of the war approached and the Russian Army
drew closer the last Nazis fled taking many prisoners with them including Friedel. Eddy hid
under a pile of old clothes and stayed behind. Finding a notebook and pencil he began to write
with furious energy about his experiences.Last Stop Auschwitz is an extraordinary account of
life as a prisoner a near real-time record of the daily struggle to survive but also of the
flickering moments of joy Eddy and Friedel found in each other. Documenting the best and the
worst of humanity it is a unique and timeless story that reminds us of what we as humans are
capable of but that there is hope even in Hell. _______________WHAT READERS ARE SAYING:'It's
heart-wrenching but there are pockets of resistance rays of hope that shine
through.''Powerful and ultimately uplifting... with courage and strength you can survive
anything.''This is an important work. We must never forget.'
