A delayed life
Kraus, Dita, 1929-2020
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The powerful, heart-breaking memoir of Dita Kraus, THE LIBRARIAN OF AUSCHWITZ Dita Kraus was born in Prague in 1929 - in her powerful new memoir she writes about her childhood before the war and then during the Nazi-occupation that saw her and her family sent to the Jewish ghetto at Terezin and from there to Auschwitz and then Bergen-Belsen. Dita writes powerfully and unflinchingly about the harsh conditions of the camps and her role as librarian of the precious books the prisoners had managed to smuggle past the guards. She also writes about the liberation of the camps and her chance meeting with fellow survivor Otto B Kraus after the war. Part of Dita's story was told in fictional form in the Sunday Times bestseller THE LIBRARIAN OF AUSCHWITZ by Antonio Iturbe.
Main title:
A delayed life / Kita Kraus.
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Imprint:
London : Ebury Press, 2020.
Collation:
v, 474 pages : portraits ; 20 cm.
Notes:
First published under the title Odložený život in 2018 by Eurodedia, Prage.
ISBN:
9781529106053
Dewey class:
940.5318092940.5318
Language:
English
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BRN:
365663
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaumaris Library | Adult Non Fiction - Biography | 940.5318 KRA | Available |