The Librarian of Auschwitz /
Based on the experience of real-life Auschwitz prisoner Dita Kraus, this is the incredible story of a girl who risked her life to keep the magic of books alive during the Holocaust.Fourteen-year-old Dita is one of the many imprisoned by the Nazis at Auschwitz. Taken, along with her mother and father...
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London : Ebury Press,
2019
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| author | Iturbe, Antonio, author Thwaites, Lilit Zekulin, translator |
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| description | Based on the experience of real-life Auschwitz prisoner Dita Kraus, this is the incredible story of a girl who risked her life to keep the magic of books alive during the Holocaust.Fourteen-year-old Dita is one of the many imprisoned by the Nazis at Auschwitz. Taken, along with her mother and father, from the Terezn̕ ghetto in Prague, Dita is adjusting to the constant terror that is life in the camp. When Jewish leader Freddy Hirsch asks Dita to take charge of the eight precious volumes the prisoners have managed to sneak past the guards, she agrees. And so Dita becomes the librarian of Auschwitz. Out of one of the darkest chapters of human history comes this extraordinary story of courage and hope. |
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| spelling | KOHA-OAI-TEST:5546392020-12-19T17:20:58ZThe Librarian of Auschwitz / Iturbe, Antonio, author Thwaites, Lilit Zekulin, translator London : Ebury Press, 2019♭2017engBased on the experience of real-life Auschwitz prisoner Dita Kraus, this is the incredible story of a girl who risked her life to keep the magic of books alive during the Holocaust.Fourteen-year-old Dita is one of the many imprisoned by the Nazis at Auschwitz. Taken, along with her mother and father, from the Terezn̕ ghetto in Prague, Dita is adjusting to the constant terror that is life in the camp. When Jewish leader Freddy Hirsch asks Dita to take charge of the eight precious volumes the prisoners have managed to sneak past the guards, she agrees. And so Dita becomes the librarian of Auschwitz. Out of one of the darkest chapters of human history comes this extraordinary story of courage and hope.Includes bibliographical referencesBased on the experience of real-life Auschwitz prisoner Dita Kraus, this is the incredible story of a girl who risked her life to keep the magic of books alive during the Holocaust.Fourteen-year-old Dita is one of the many imprisoned by the Nazis at Auschwitz. Taken, along with her mother and father, from the Terezn̕ ghetto in Prague, Dita is adjusting to the constant terror that is life in the camp. When Jewish leader Freddy Hirsch asks Dita to take charge of the eight precious volumes the prisoners have managed to sneak past the guards, she agrees. And so Dita becomes the librarian of Auschwitz. Out of one of the darkest chapters of human history comes this extraordinary story of courage and hope.PSZKLL Auschwitz (Concentration camp) Auschwitz (Concentration camp)Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)URN:ISBN:9781529104776 |
| spellingShingle | Auschwitz (Concentration camp) Auschwitz (Concentration camp) Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Iturbe, Antonio, author Thwaites, Lilit Zekulin, translator The Librarian of Auschwitz / |
| title | The Librarian of Auschwitz / |
| title_full | The Librarian of Auschwitz / |
| title_fullStr | The Librarian of Auschwitz / |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Librarian of Auschwitz / |
| title_short | The Librarian of Auschwitz / |
| title_sort | librarian of auschwitz |
| topic | Auschwitz (Concentration camp) Auschwitz (Concentration camp) Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) |
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