Auschwitz, ein Tatsachenbericht: das Vermächtnis der Opfer für uns Juden und für alle Menschen

Memoirs of a Jewish doctor, born in 1895 in Berlin. Describes Nazi persecution of the Jews in Berlin between 1938-42. Adelsberger was deported to Auschwitz in May 1943. She worked in the Gypsy camp infirmary, and after July 1944, when the last Gypsies were killed, in the women's camp infirmary. Relates stories of many women who passed through the infirmary, including incidents of murder of newborn babies by doctors and mothers, so that the mothers could live. Relates, also, how many women (including Adelsberger herself) created surrogate families in the camp and helped each other survive. In January 1945 Adelsberger was sent on a death march to Ravensbrück, where she was liberated in May 1945 by American forces. The 2nd edition contains an appendix about Adelsberger's life between 1945-71 (pp. 119-145), by Eduard Seidler; a biography of her life (pp. 149-160); a bibliography of her writings; and notes to her autobiography.