I had never heard of this book when I saw it, but my ever-growing curiosity and interest for events surrounding the Second World War made me purchase it.

Last Stop Auschwitz is a telling of one man’s memories and experiences of his time in the concentration camp Auschwitz. There have been so many tellings of these monstrous camps and I feel it is our duty to read them and ensure this catastrophe is never forgotten. Eddy De Wind (or Hans - the protagonist whose point of view Eddy writes from) gives us a chilling and very informative memoir of his and his wife Freidel’s experience in the camp, particularly focusing on the hospital and outpatients blocks. There is particular emphasis on the taboo experiments that were carried out on the young women at Auschwitz as Friedel is a potential victim for these horrors.

It took me longer than normal to read this book, I would class it as bordering on non-fiction as a memoir filled with informative experiences and traumas. From the liberation of the camps, De Wind immediately started writing down his and other’s experiences over the two years he was imprisoned - to pass on this disgraceful knowledge so the suffering of the Holocaust would be a reality to those who did not see it themselves. Absolutely mind blowing, such an informative read and if, like me, you find the Second World War and the Holocaust something of intrigue and interest - I would whole heartedly recommend this book