The man who snuck into Auschwitz

He recorded seeing piles of “vaguely human” corpses of workers who died each day. They were carried away by fellow inmates who showed no emotion. Body carriers collapsed, earning them a beating and almost certain death.

Men were pulled from lineups and taken away to be gassed, but there was no protest, so weak and dejected had they become.

Avey described the “foul air” of the sleeping area and putrid “soup” the men were served which he dared not eat…

“Auschwitz III was like nothing else on earth; it was hell on earth. This is what I had come to witness but it was a ghastly, terrifying experience.”