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Miklós Nyiszli
Jewish prisoner at the Auschwitz concentration camp (–)
The native form of this personal name is Nyiszli Miklós. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
Miklós Nyiszli (17 June – 5 May ) was a Hungarian prisoner of Jewish heritage at Auschwitz concentration camp.
Nyiszli, his wife, and young daughter, were transported to Auschwitz in June Upon his arrival, Nyiszli volunteered as a forensic doctor and was sent to work at No.12 barracks where he mainly performed autopsies.
When the Nazis invaded Hungary in , they sent virtually the entire Jewish population to Auschwitz.
He was under the supervision of Josef Mengele, a Schutzstaffel officer and physician.
Mengele decided after observing Nyiszli's skills to move him to a specially built autopsy and operating theatre. The room had been built inside CrematoriumII, and Nyiszli, along with members of the 12th Sonderkommando, was housed there.
Early life
Nyiszli was born 17 June in Szilágysomlyó, Kingdom of Hungary (then the Hungarian-half of Austria-Hungary). He