The librarian of Auschwitz /
Antonio Iturbe ; translated by Lilit Zekulin Thwaites.
- First Australian edition.
- 423 pages ; 20 cm.
"Based on the true story of Auschwitz prisoner Dita Kraus" -- Cover. First published in Spanish as "Bibliotecaria de Auschwitz". Spain : Editorial Planeta, 2012. Translation first published: New York : Goodwin Books, 2017.
Includes bibliographical references.
Fourteen-year-old Dita is one of the many imprisoned by the Nazis at Auschwitz. Taken, along with her mother and father, from the Terezn 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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