Cold crematorium : reporting from the land of Auschwitz
Debreczeni, József, 1905-19782024
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Click and Collect for Cold crematorium : reporting from the land of AuschwitzWhen József Debreczeni arrived in Auschwitz in 1944, had he been selected to go 'left', his life expectancy would have been approximately forty-five minutes. One of the 'lucky' ones, he was sent to the 'right', which led to twelve horrifying months of incarceration and slave labour in a series of camps, ending in the 'Cold Crematorium' - the so-called hospital of the forced labour camp Dörnhau, where prisoners too weak to work were left to die. Debreczeni beat the odds and survived. Very soon he committed his experiences to paper in Cold Crematorium, one of the harshest and powerful indictments of Nazism ever written. This haunting memoir, rendered in the precise and unsentimental prose of an accomplished journalist, compels the reader to imagine human beings in circumstances impossible to comprehend intellectually. First published in Hungarian in 1950, it was never translated due to the rise of McCarthyism, Cold War hostilities and antisemitism. This important eyewitness account that was nearly lost to time will be available in fifteen languages, finally taking its rightful place among the great works of Holocaust literature more than seventy years after it was first published.
Main title:
Cold crematorium : reporting from the land of Auschwitz / József Debreczeni ; translated from the Hungarian by Paul Olchváry ; foreword by Jonathan Freedland.
Author:
Debreczeni, József, 1905-1978, authorOlchváry, Paul, translatorFreedland, Jonathan, 1967-, writer of foreword
Imprint:
London : Jonathan Cape, 2024.©2023
Collation:
245 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm
Notes:
Translation of: Hideg krematórium.This translation first published: New York: St. Martin's Press, 2023.In English, translated from the Hungarian.
ISBN:
9781787334649 (hbk)9781787334649
Dewey class:
940.5318092B940.531
LC class:
DS135.H93
Language:
EnglishHungarian
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Subject:
Debreczeni, József, 1905-1978Auschwitz (Concentration camp) -- BiographyHolocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Serbia -- Personal narrativesWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, GermanJews, Hungarian -- Serbia -- Vojvodina -- BiographyVojvodina (Serbia) -- BiographyPersonal narrativesAutobiographies
BRN:
551006
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| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brighton Library | Adult Non Fiction - Biography | 940.531 DEB | Onloan - Due: 13 Jun 2024 |
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