A nurse in the Holocaust meets an impossible order
An excerpt from The Jewish Hospital. Copyright 2026 Jonathan Hammel. Excerpted by permission of Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
Lena spotted Dr. Kreindl, who without his cigarette, seemed a bit lost. But he knew better than to light up: the Gestapo would have never tolerated such an act of freedom, coming from a Jew.
“Ah, there you are,” he said. “Listen, it’s quite simple. Most of these patients have ingested large doses of …
A nurse in the Holocaust meets an impossible order
