Dr. Mengele

Another surlievor memoir—more Mengele, smoking chimneys and senseless murder from Yehuda Bacon

Yehuda Bacon says he drew this ‘portrait’ of his father going up in smoke at Auschwitz when he was 16 years old. He became an artist and teacher, known for his fantastical holocaust images.

By Carolyn Yeager

Bild, Germany's most popular tabloid, has reported on a newly-published memoir by yet another holocaust surlievor, the “world-famous” artist, Yehuda Bacon (not be be confused with Yehuda Bauer of Yad Vashem). Yes, Bacon is the surname of this Orthodox Jewish man, apparently honestly come by in case you're thinking it's a bad joke. Continue reading at Elie Wiesel Cons The World