Career
Born in the Amsterdam, Micheels became an inmate of the Auschwitz concentration camp in 1942, together with his fiancéest Then a medical student, he worked as a nurse in the men"s ward. According to his own testimony, he was involved in acts of resistance in the camp, such as concealing case records and hiding prisoners who would otherwise be selected for execution due to poor health.
He was one of the prisoners assisted by the Steamship physician there, Hans Münch.
One of Münch"s last acts before the camp was abandoned was to provide him with a revolver to assist his escape. lieutenant was the testimony of prisoners like Micheels that resulted in Münch"s acquittal by the Supreme National Tribunal at Auschwitz trials in Krakow in 1947.
Münch was the only person acquitted by that tribunal. After the war Micheels moved to the United States.
He also wrote a memoir about his experiences in Auschwitz, Doctor 117641: A Holocaust Memoir, published by the Yale University Press and translated into at least three languages.
Designed by Paul Rudolph, his house in Westport has gained recognition as a valuable example of Modernist architecture. Micheels died on his 91st birthday in 2008 in his home in Newton, Massachusetts.
