Rauscher, William V.: The Death Camp Magicians ©2015 David Haversat, 1878 Press Co. Hardcover, w/dj, 183 pages

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Comments: In collaboration with Werner Reich. A shocking tale of surviving the notorious Nazi regime and how magic made a difference in two lives as they journeyed from darkness into light. A true story of holocaust survivors Werner Reich and Herbert Nivelli.

Contents (courtesy Evan Shuster, magicbooks.be):

ix Foreword by William V. Rauscher

1 The Way It Was
11 Hitler’s Ministers of Evil
23 The Great Nivelli
31 Reich and Rauscher
34 The Great Jewish Magicians
41 From Human to Inhuman

47 From Darkness Into Light
47 Introduction
49 Remembering my Father
52 Remembering my Mother
55 Early Life in Berlin
58 Life in Yugoslavia
62 Invasion of the Nazis
66 Hiding From the Nazis
70 Arrested by the Gestapo
74 Journey to Vienna
77 Terezin Camp Life
82 The Train Ride to Auschwitz II
86 A Frightening Reception
95 The Barracks
98 Birkenau Life and Meeting Nivelli
103 Starving in Birkenau
106 Surviving Dr. Mengele
110 Camp D – Place of Misery
114 Transfer to Auschwitz I
118 Death March I
123 Death March II – The Train Ride
126 Mauthausen Camp
131 Liberation
135 The Journey Home
139 Return to Zagreb
144 Back to School
149 My Last Year at Zagreb
152 Journey to England
157 Family “Welcome”
161 Life in England
165 Marriage to Eva and Happy Days

171 Epilogue (William V. Rauscher)
175 Bibliography, Film History, Museums and Memorials
181 Acknowledgments
182 Index