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The librarian of Auschwitz / Antonio Iturbe ; translated by Lilit Žekulin Thwaites.

Iturbe, Antonio, 1967- (author.). Thwaites, Lilit Žekulin, (Translator).

Summary:

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 Terezín 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.

Record details

ISBN: 9781627796187
ISBN: 1627796185
Physical Description: 423 pages ; 24 cm
Edition: First American edition.
Publisher: New York, NY : Godwin Books/Henry Holt and Company, 2017.

Content descriptions

General Note:	"First published in Spain by Editorial Planeta in 2012"--Title page verso. Maps on liner papers.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references.
Language Note:	Translated from the Spanish.