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Posner details a particularly haunting irony: Capesius was often recognized on the selection ramp by former Jewish medical customers. Instead of offering mercy, he used his knowledge to help decide who would live and who would be sent to the gas chambers. The Business of Death

Before the war, Victor Capesius was a successful pharmaceutical representative for in Romania. He was a man people knew and trusted—which makes his transformation all the more horrifying. By 1943, Capesius joined the SS and quickly rose to become the chief pharmacist at Auschwitz. El Farmaceutico De Auschwitz - Patricia Posner....

The Banality of Greed: A Look at "El Farmacéutico de Auschwitz" Posner details a particularly haunting irony: Capesius was