Filip Müller was one of the few "Sonderkommando" members who survived the war, and was also unusual in that he served on the "Sonderkommando" far longer than most. He wrote of his experiences in his book "Eyewitness Auschwitz: Three Years in the Gas Chambers" (1979). Among other incidents he related, Müller recounted how he tried to enter the gas chamber to die with a group of his countrymen, but was dissuaded from suicide by a girl who asked him to remain alive and bear witness.