The Pharmacist of Auschwitz

"The Pharmacist of Auschwitz" explores the harrowing story of Victor Capesius, a Bayer pharmaceutical salesman and Nazi SS member who became the chief pharmacist at Auschwitz. Drawing on classified documents, Patricia Posner reveals his role in the atrocities of the camp, his eventual escape from justice, and the efforts that led to his trial decades later. The book also offers a revealing look into the dark alliance between the Nazis and Germany's largest chemical conglomerate, IG Farben. Set against the broader context of the Holocaust and postwar Germany, it examines how ordinary men can descend into moral darkness.