Doctor Satan

Betrayal of trust, secrets held and the evil of Nazi doctors. If you can't trust the medical field , who can you trust?

This is a three stories that all end in one place...Auschwitz. In some way all the characters are connected to the evil doctor Mengele. An evil and Sadistic Nazi doctor in the Polish concentration camp. In a continuation of the Auschwitz twins saga we connect with these characters as we follow their life and their journey to Auschwitz.

From the twins that see visions of things to come and the evil doctor, to the young girl that becomes a helper to an evil doctor and finally the young doctor that strives to be wealthy accepting a promotion to be an apprentice to doctor Mengele, not realizing he will be working with an evil doctor in a Nazi concentration camp.

This story uncovers horrifying secrets of Nazi doctors and the terror that the Jewish lived with during the holocaust. How ordinary citizens unknowingly became involved in horrific events and found themselves in the most dangerous situations.

The characters were wonderful and true to life. The story is sad and horrifying in spots. It is also enduring in the love the families show for each other and the friendships built. This is a wonderful book three to the series.

It was a good read and I would recommend it.

Thanks to Roberta Kagan for writing another great book, to The Book Whisperer for publishing it and to NetGalley for providing me with a copy to read and review.

This is a great sequel to the first book and I can’t wait to read the third! The story is sweet, heart-breaking, and hard, with a lot of sorrow.

Set during WWII in Europe, Mengele's Apprentice is the second emotionally crushing book in The Auschwitz Twins series by Roberta Kagan. The disturbing evil that is Josef Mengele affects countless people but the focus of this book is on three characters and their links to Mengele. What a fascinating premise! Kagan works her magic yet again, masterfully and beautifully. Her Holocaust research is thoughtful and passionate.

Jewish families are crammed into the Warsaw Ghetto, strangers living with strangers. The staid and traditional Aisenbergs find themselves sharing tight quarters with a very secular couple. Shoshana Aisenberg catches glimpses into life outside her strict home and likes what she sees.

In Berlin awkward but brilliant Ernst becomes a doctor and is wooed by Dr. Mengele to work with him on his special projects. Ernst is flattered and honoured to be selected.

Gisele is orphaned at the age of 14 in Marseilles and is desperate...the Germans have occupied her city and she is completely on her own without financial means. Her young mother told her the identify of her father...Josef Mengele. Working at a brothel is her only option.

Though all in different countries, the characters are linked by the same thread, the effects of a brutal world war. My favourite aspect was learning and thinking more about the character of the barbaric Mengele and what drove him. Compelling angle. Really looking forward to the next in the series!

My sincere thank you to The Book Whisperer and NetGalley for the privilege of reading this raw and beguiling book.

Wow! The ending gives a new meaning to cliffhanger. I loved this book, I read all night couldn’t sleep gill I finished it. I’m looking forward to The Auschwitz Twins.
I had already read some Roberta Kagan’s books but this is The best One, yet!

Historical fiction can be informative and upsetting. Roberta Kagan does it all in this book. WWII brought on despicable things that happened to Jews, gypsies and other groups of people considered undesirable. Joseph Mengele did unheard of experiments on people that were imprisoned in the ghetto. These “undesirable” people would do anything to save themselves and others. I’m looking forward to the next book in the series.

I was supper exited to read more about this story and this book really follows trough.
I was desperate to know more of what happened to the the characters after the ending of the first one. The characterization is still amazing, every character adds an unique perspective. The changes in the narrator to exemplify different points of views is incredibly done. The mixture of perspectives, contexts and personalities only adds to the plot. The clashing of worlds due to the difficulty of the context is really well exemplified adding and exemplify how the war affected communities. The separation and distrust among people was one of the ways I; which population control was kept, this clearly exemplifies how this worked into the core of every citizen, form prisoners to members of the party. This book is a clear bridge to keep the story going and give important context to characters that will have a clear major role in the next chapter of this story. I was on the edge of my seat in every page. Another thing I really came to like was how female voices are going stronger, specially since unlike the first book we move further away of the close community, giving them room to find their own voice and path. Honestly, this is a great book for any fans of historical fiction.

This is the second book of the Auschwitz twins series. Although I haven't read the first book, I actually enjoyed reading this second book.

The story is divided into three parts--Ernst, The Aisenbergs and a French girl named Gisele. Ernst is a doctor and after saving a man's life up in Russian front, he was assigned to work as an apprentice to Josef Mengele, known as Angel of Death. Shoshanna Aisenberg and her family, after the Nazis invaded Poland the family moved to Warsaw Ghetto. Gisele is a daughter of a prostitute and her beauty seems to be captivating the crawling Nazis in Paris. She was also determined to find more about her father.

Josef Mengele is a real character--for those who are not very familiar about Nazi history, Mengele was a doctor at Auschwitz concentration camp and was known as Angel of Death and feared by many, including the Nazi soldiers who worked at the camp. He conducted many human experiments and his main interest are the twins. I have read true stories of such survivor as well, about Mengele's brutal experiments on the children. After the war, he escaped to South America where he died.

Ernst is a naive type of character. Although he was having nightmares working at Auschwitz concentration camps, he was also at the same time wanted to work along with Mengele. The Aisenberg part was too emotional and heartbreaking to read, the scenes inside Warsaw ghetto and the hunger and poverty that the Jews had to endure inside the ghetto was too unbearable and emotional to read. Reading Aisenberg's part reminded me of the scene from the movie Pianist. Gisele's part was actually very interesting to read and how she endured hardships before moving to Berlin. The author must have done tremendous research into the story, particularly about Mengele and her writing had captivated the readers, making the reader feel like they are part of the story. As always, her ending always leave the reader yearn for more and that made me wait impatiently for the third book to come out soon!

If you are looking for a hearbtreaking, page turning emotional historical fiction, this one is for you--worth five stars!

Many thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for the ARC. The review is based on my honest opinion only.

Mengele's Apprentice is the second book in Roberta Kagan's heart-wrenching Historical WWII series—The Auschwitz Twins. Sheer escapism, beautifully written, I will look for more of this author’s work.
My thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for my advance copy of this title. I highly recommend it.