Bibliograph

The librarian of Auschwitz, Antonio Iturbe ; translated by Lilit Thwaites

Type

Label

The librarian of Auschwitz, Antonio Iturbe ; translated by Lilit Thwaites

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

Illustrations

maps

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The librarian of Auschwitz

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1230207718

Responsibility statement

Antonio Iturbe ; translated by Lilit Thwaites

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 AuschwitzFollows 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. Based on a true story

Target audience

adolescent

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