Skip to main content
PBS logo
 
 

Book Review of This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen

This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen
perryfran avatar reviewed on + 1224 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 4


This was really a horrific account of daily life in a concentration camp during the Holocaust. Borowski's "This Way for the Gas" is actually a collection of stories which detail the brutality and gruesomeness of the Holocaust. Borowski was from Poland but he was not Jewish so he received better treatment in the camps and he tells the stories in a very matter-of-fact language. Some of the details portrayed by Borowski will leave you haunted. Ironically, Borowski committed suicide several years after his experiences by putting his head in a gas oven probably over guilt and remorse related to his experiences. I would highly recommend this book - it is a remarkable read, very profound and overwhelming.