The doctor who treated Elie's foot in Auschwitz was Jewish, and a prisoner just like Elie was. Within the concentration camps, inmates were assigned different types of forced labor. If the prisoner had a certain skill (ie if they were a doctor, a musician, etc.), they would often be utilized for that skill.
The kind Jewish doctor forms a contrast to the Nazi doctors (including Dr. Josef Mengele) who, rather than healing the sick, were...
The doctor who treated Elie's foot in Auschwitz was Jewish, and a prisoner just like Elie was. Within the concentration camps, inmates were assigned different types of forced labor. If the prisoner had a certain skill (ie if they were a doctor, a musician, etc.), they would often be utilized for that skill.
The kind Jewish doctor forms a contrast to the Nazi doctors (including Dr. Josef Mengele) who, rather than healing the sick, were the ones who decided which prisoners would live and which would be sent to the gas chambers.
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