Inside the Gas Chambers: Eight Months in the Sonderkommando of Auschwitz 1st (first) Edition by Venezia, Shlomo published by Polity (2009)

"Shlomo Venezia was born into the Jewish-Italian community of Thessaloniki, Greece. Early in WW II, occupying Italian authorities provided a measure of protection for his family, but when the Germans took control, the Venezia were deported to Auschwitz." - from the book's front cover blurb ~ "It comforts me to know that I'm not talking in a vacuum, since bearing witness exacts a huge sacrifice...This disease never leaves me a moment of joy or carefree happiness, it's a mood that forever erodes my strength." - Shlomo Venezia, from the book's back cover quote ~ This is an incredible survival narrative by a man who unknowingly, and for a little extra bread, agreed to become a "Sonderkommando," a member of a special unit of Auschwitz inmates who assisted SS men in charge of the crematoria. -- SGE