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The librarian of Auschwitz

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Follows Dita Kraus from age fourteen, when she is put in charge of a few forbidden books at Auschwitz concentration camp, through the end of World War II and beyond.

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Main Author: Iturbe, Antonio, 1967- (Author)
Other Authors: Thwaites, Lilit Žekulin (Translator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Spanish
Published: New York, NY : Henry Holt and Company, 2017.
Edition:First American edition.
Subjects:
Kraus, Dita, > 1929- > Young adult fiction.
Concentration camps > Young adult fiction.
Books and reading > Young adult fiction.
Jews > Germany > History > 1933-1945 > Young adult fiction.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) > Germany > Young adult fiction.
Germany > History > 1933-1945 > Young adult fiction.
Biographical fiction > Young adult.
Historical fiction > Young adult.
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Summary:Follows Dita Kraus from age fourteen, when she is put in charge of a few forbidden books at Auschwitz concentration camp, through the end of World War II and beyond.
Item Description:"First published in Spain by Editorial Planeta in 2012"--Title page verso.
Physical Description:423 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:1627796185
9781627796187
Author Notes:

Antonio Iturbe lives in Spain, where he is both a novelist and a journalist. In researching The Librarian of Auschwitz , he interviewed Dita Kraus, the real-life librarian of Auschwitz.

Lilit Thwaites is an award-winning literary translator. After thirty years as an academic at La Trobe University in Australia, she retired from teaching and now focuses primarily on her ongoing translation and research projects.


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